Cavall (Middle Welsh: cauall RBH & WBR; modernized: Cafall;[1] pronounced [kaˈvaɬ]; Latin: Cabal, var. Caball (ms.K))[2] was King Arthur's dog, used in the hunt for the great boar, Twrch Trwyth (Latin: Troynt, Troit).
Cavall was Arthur's "favourite dog", and during a stag hunt, he was customarily the last dog to be let loose to chase after the game (Gereint Son of Erbin).[3]
- ^ Jones & Jones trr. (1993), 107, 110, 199
- ^ Mommsen (1898), p. 217 textual variants note to line 23. The codices used for this portion of the work are CDGHKLQ.
- ^ Guest ed., tr. (1849), p. 87.