Alvar
[ahl-vahr]
Origin of Alvar
< Tamil āl̤vār, derivative of ār̤- sink, be absorbed (as in contemplation)
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Historical Examples of alvar
Alvar rushes through the Moors and catches him in his arms.'
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge
And is not Alvar the youth who is in such good humour, and who is laughing with her?
The Cid CampeadorAntonio de Trueba
To recover they were fain, But now did Alvar Fañez on their rearward fall amain.
The Lay of the CidR. Selden Rose
The dames and Alvar Fañez, the tears flowed from their eyes.
The Lay of the CidR. Selden Rose
"We been going away from the right one all the time," said Alvar.
To Each His StarBryce Walton