Gwenyver

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Gwenyvere

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Welsh Gwenhwyfar.

Proper noun

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:

     B^ut 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), 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

• English: Guinevere