Ettarre

[ ih-tahr, e-tahr-uh ]

noun

1. Arthurian Legend. the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.

Example Sentences

From time to time he added others, making the series of tales called the Round Table a complete cycle as follows: The Coming of Arthur, 1869; Gareth and Lynette, 1872; Geraint and Enid, 1859; Balin and Balan, 1885; Merlin and Vivien, 1859; Lancelot and Elaine, 1859; The Holy Grail, 1869; Pelleas and Ettarre, 1869; The Last Tournament, 1871; Guinevere, 1859; The Passing of Arthur, 1842, 1869.

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"Away with you!" cried Ettarre's maidens, running up to the tower window.

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For she was Ettarre, a very great lady in her land.

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In one he found the three knights with their squires, all red with revelling, and all asleep, in the second he saw the girls with their scornful smiles frozen stiff in slumber, and in the third lay Gawain with Ettarre, the golden crown he had won for her at the joust on her forehead, both sleeping.

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So the young women didn't let him go near Ettarre but made him stay with them, and as soon as they had all passed into Ettarre's castle gate up sprang the drawbridge, down rang the iron grating, and Sir Pelleas was left outside all alone.

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