Here are some resources that students have found helpful when learning Middle Welsh in the past. Please note this is not an exhaustive list, nor does the inclusion of any particular text or resource suggest an endorsement of that resource.
Discord Server
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Textbooks (with Amazon links where relevant)
Miles, Brent. An Introduction to Middle Welsh. Toronto, 2023. (Free online)
Mondon, Jean-François R. Cymraec Canawl. LINCOM GmbH, 2020.
Smith, Joshua Byron. A Course in Middle Welsh. CUA, 2026. (Forthcoming)
Reference Websites
The GPC is the only comprehensive etymological dictionary of Welsh, including both Middle and Modern Welsh. Although its use of modern orthography throughout can sometimes be confusing for students, changes between medieval and modern orthography are often predictable and the site itself is able to guess, up to a point, what form you’re looking for.
Grammars
Evans, Daniel Simon. A Grammar of Middle Welsh. DIAS, 1970. (Available via Internet Archive)
This book has been the standard reference work on Middle Welsh for well over fifty years. Although parts of it need to be updated, it remains an excellent and easy-to-use tool for coming to grips with the language.
Schaefer, Roland, A Grammatical Sketch of Middle Welsh. (Available via open license)
A condensed and slightly updated grammar drawn mostly from Evans.
Willis, David. Old and Middle Welsh.
Language Courses
Gareth Morgan’s MIT Middle Welsh Site
This partial online course in Middle Welsh, left unfinished at the author’s death, is nevertheless an excellent starting point for those who wish to undertake self-directed study in Middle Welsh.
Online Accessible Texts
Dafydd ap Gwilym Project
Rhyddiaith Gymraeg
Reading Groups
The following are organized reading groups which meet via an online videoconferencing platform.