Layamon

[ ley-uh-muhn, lah-yuh- ]

noun

1. flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.

Layamon

/ ˈlaɪəmən; ˈlɔːmən /

noun

1. Layamon12th-centuryMEnglishWRITING: poetRELIGION: clergyman 12th-century English poet and priest; author of the Brut, a chronicle providing the earliest version of the Arthurian story in English

Example Sentences

A poetical version of the legendary history of Britain, by Layamon.

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As compared with Layamon and Orm they show a development scarcely worthy of a lapse of more than two centuries.

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Layamon's indifference to the price paid by his compatriots for Arthur's glory was not peculiar to himself.

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Of Layamon mention has already been made in the chapter on the Arthurian Legend.

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In the last comparison, that of matter, Layamon will not come out ill even if he be tried high.

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