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King Horn
noun
- the earliest extant verse romance (late 13th century) in the English language.
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The game is based loosely on the Old English tales of King Horn.
From Forbes
King Horn is a heroic poem or gest of 1546 lines dating from the 13th century.
From Project Gutenberg
Such was the case with the ancient gest of King Horn.
From Project Gutenberg
There is a ballad of the young Hynd Horn which comes from the old narrative poem of King Horn or of Horn Childe.
From Project Gutenberg
King Horn is remarkable for its metre—short rhyming couplets, but not in the regular eight-syllable lines which were imitated from the French.
From Project Gutenberg
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