In another story in the Vita Cadoci, Arthur and the saint are in dispute over a general named Ligessawc who murdered some of Arthur's men. Finally, a blood-price of a hundred cows is settled for each man and the cattle are driven to the river Usk to be handed over to Cei and Bedwyr. Unfortunately, as the cows are led through the water, they are miraculously transformed into bundles of fern. That, says the Vita, is why the place is called "Tref redinauc, that is fern homestead. Also that ford, about which the pleading took place, is called Rith Guurtebou."
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