Gwenyver

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Welsh Gwenhwyfar.

Proper noun[edit]

Gwenyver

  1. Guinevere (wife of King Arthur)
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., 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 ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., 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!”

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Guinevere
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