Voel

Father Bliss tells me that the Voel is a mountain not far from St. Beuno’s College in N. Wales, where the poem was written: and Dr. Henry Bradley that moel is primarily an adj. meaning bald: it becomes a fem.subst. meaning bare hill, and preceded by the article y becomes voel, in modern Welsh spelt foel.

Notes 1918

Father Bliss tells me that the Voel is a mountain not far from St. Beuno's College in N. Wales, where the poem was written: and Dr. Henry Bradley that

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Gerard Manley Hopkins 1866

Voel, a parishioner, whether he feared witches, and when answered in the negative, his interrogator appeared surprised; however, awhile afterwards, Williams went to the Rectory, and told the rector that he knew why he did not fear witches, and proceeded to tell him that he had seen a plant in the front of the rectory that protected the house from charms.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

It is printed in the second volume of Voel and Justel, "Bibliotheca Juris Canonici veteris" (Paris, 1661).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It was first printed in the first volume of Voel and Justel (op. cit.), re-edited by Lepelletier

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

This collection (wrongly attributed to the afore-mentioned patriarch) is also found in the second volume of Voel and Justel (op. cit.).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Their text was incorporated with the "Isidoriana", from which they were taken and edited apart by Merlin and by Gaspar Loaisa, and in the first volume of the oft-quoted work by Voel and Justel, after collation of the variants in the best manuscripts.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The additions met with in Voel and Justel (op. cit.) are taken from inferior manuscripts.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Voel, and his dwelling was in the midst of the Lake Tegid, and his wife was called Caridwen.

The Mabinogion Vol. 3 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889

Voel -- BALD SERENITY -- presents itself at once to our fancy.

Celtic Literature Matthew Arnold 1855