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Lud

God of the British Celts, probably worshipped at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, England, where a Roman-British temple dedicated to Nodons has been found. His Irish equivalent is Nuadha Airgedlámh, Lud of the Silver Hand. He appears in the Welsh historical tradition as a king of Britain.



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A great many centuries since, there flourished, in great state, the famous and renowned Lud Hudibras, king of Britain.
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