Gawain

[ gah-win, gaw- ]

noun

Arthurian Legend. one of the knights of the Round Table: a nephew of King Arthur.

Origin of Gawain

From Old French Gauvain, Gavain, from Medieval Latin Galvaginus, Gwalguanus, often considered to be a corruption of Welsh Gwalchmei, perhaps from gwalch “hawk” (cf. Galahad ) and a second element of uncertain origin, possibly either maes “field” + Mai May

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How to use Gawain in a sentence

Parzival offers to take Gawains place; but Gramoflanz declines, and the combat is postponed till the morrow.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
The ugly bride was taken home and bedded, when to Gawains delight in his arms she turned to a beautiful woman.
The Oxford Book of Ballads | Various
A story of this latter kind may throw some light upon Gawains adventures at the Magic Castle.
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail | Alfred Nutt

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