Pendragon

pendragon English Etymology See en pendragon. Pronunciation en /pɛnˈdɹæɡ(ə)n/ RP en /pɛnˈdɹæɡ(ə)n/ /ˈpɛnˌdɹæɡ(ə)n/ GA en Pen drag on Proper noun en Arthurian mythology An epithet of Uther, the father of King Arthur. from 12th c. en 1485 w:Thomas Malory 1 Le Morte D'Arthur https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Malory book I It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. https://web.archive.org/web/20260901180601/https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Malory 1 September 2026 en Arthurian mythology An epithet or surname of King Arthur. from 19th c. 169 At last he got his breath and answer'd, 'One, / One have I seen—that other, our liege lord, / The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings, / Of whom the people talk mysteriously, / He will be there—then were I stricken blind / That minute, I might say that I have seen.' Noun en pendragon. en J[ohn] Stagg Arthur’s Cave. A Legendary Tale. The Minstrel of the North: Or, Cumbrian Legends.Being a Poetic Miscellany of Legendary, Gothic, and Romantic, Tales. London Printed by Hamblin and Seyfang,Queen-Street, Cheapside, for the author, and sold by J. Blacklock,Royal Exchange. 1810 105 https://books.google.com/books?id=fHITlcm0MJwC&pg=PA105 7000697 [I]n the reign of Henry the Second, a body happening, by chance, to be dug up near Glastonbury Abbey, without any symptoms of putrefaction or decay, the Welch, the descendants of the Ancient Britons, tenacious of the dignity and reputation of that illustrious hero [King Arthur], vainly supposed it could be no other than the body of their justly-boasted Pen-Dragon; and that he had been immured in that sepulchre by the spells of some powerful and implacable inchanter. 169 At last he got his breath and answer'd, 'One, / One have I seen—that other, our liege lord, / The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings, / Of whom the people talk mysteriously, / He will be there—then were I stricken blind / That minute, I might say that I have seen.' en Adam Ardrey Uther Pendragon, Son of the Sky God https://books.google.com/books?id=ruxMy4yUMp0C&pg=PT116 Finding Merlin: The Truth behind the Legend Edinburgh w:Mainstream Publishing 2007 978-1-84596-248-7 To recap, with a view to understanding the 'Uther' in 'Utherpendragon', Emrys, the first Pen Dragon, fought the Angles in the 550s. Gwenddolau, the second Pen Dragon, fought the Angles in the 560s and early 570s. Maelgwn became Pen Dragon after Arderydd in 573, although by then there was no organised force for him to take over. As there were only two Pen Dragons of moment, it would have been natural for people living hundreds of years later to refer to Emrys as Pen Dragon and Gwenddolau as the other Pen Dragon. References Pendragon n.1 yes 140052 September 2005 Further reading Pendragon Middle English Noun - enm Arthurian mythology Epithet of Uther, the father of King Arthur. 1215, Layamon, Layamon's Brut Brut, lines 1516-1517: enm He wes þere an Æstre mid aðele his uolke; / bliðe wes þe Lundenes tun for Vthere Pendragun. He was there at Easter with his noble army; / Happy was the town of London for Uther Pendragon.