King Horn

American  

noun

1. the earliest extant verse romance (late 13th century) in the English language.

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Example Sentences

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 Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

So too is it in the less powerful and rather more cut and dried King Horn.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

There are two, King Horn and Havelok the Dane, which appear to be founded on national English traditions coming down from the time of the Danish wars.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

Stories such as "Guy of Warwick," "King Horn," and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

From Literature for Children by Lowe, Orton

Truly I once did chide a young knight in my wrath, but never King Horn, whom I now behold for the first time.

From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Mabie, Hamilton Wright