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Gwenyver
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Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Gwenyvere
Etymology
enm wlm Gwenhwyfar.
Proper noun
Guinevere wife of King Arthur
WM 35 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 ·
WM 451 1 13–14 Alas ſeyde quene Gwenyu[er] now ar we myſcheved bothe // “Alas!” said Queen Guinevere, “now are we mischieved both!”
Descendants
en Guinevere
enm Arthurian mythology