Gwenyver
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Gwenyvere
Etymology
From Welsh Gwenhwyfar.
Proper noun
Gwenyver
- Guinevere (wife of King Arthur)
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 35, recto, lines 22–25:
- But Marlyon warned the kyng covertly that Gwenyuer was nat holſom for hym to take to wyff · For he warned hym that launcelot ſcholde love hir and ſche hym agayne · And ſo he turned his tale to the aventures of the Sankegreal ·
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- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 451, verso, lines 13–14:
- Alas ſeyde quene Gwenyu[er] now ar we myſcheved bothe //
- “Alas!” said Queen Guinevere, “now are we mischieved both!”
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Descendants
- English: Guinevere