Lyanna

English

Alternative forms

• Lye

Proper noun

Lyanna

1. A female given name.
   • 1893, Madison Julius Cawein, Poems of Nature and Love, page 142:

     'Lyanna! Lyanna!' thou calledst ever: 'Lyanna! 'a ripple of rays that came:' 'Lyanna, thy name is like song forever!'

   • 2010, James Barclay, Nightchild, Prometheus Books, →ISBN:

     If Lyanna was telling the truth, it presumably meant that her Night wasn't actually over. That her acceptance and control of the mana would not be complete. And that she could relapse anytime, unshielded, wreaking untold damage to herself ...

   • 2011, James Barclay, The Raven eBook Collection, Gollancz, →ISBN:

     Lyanna was playing with the remains of her soup, trailing a piece of bread across its surface. 'Lyanna, the ladies want to talk to you. All right?' Lyanna nodded. 'Are you still feeling shy, darling?' asked Erienne. 'A little,' admitted Lyanna.

   • 2014, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance, McFarland, →ISBN, page 70:

     At the tourney's end, Prince Rhaegar shocked the attendees by crowning Lyanna the Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his wife, Elia of Dorne.