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Ettarre

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[ih-tahr, e-tahr-uh] / ɪˈtɑr, ɛˈtɑr ə /

noun

  1. Arthurian Legend. the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.


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Then it is shown how, having attained the unattainable, his life lacked savor still, until Ettarre died, a grey wife and mother, leaving Madoc with memories once more elusive and indispensable.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lancelot and Guinevere were defeated, ruined, as were Gawain and Ettarre, who, as they wake, find across their naked throats the bare sword of Pelleas; then Ettarre knew what knight was knightly.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

For three days Pelleas wandered all about, doing nothing but thinking of Gawain and Ettarre, and on the third night, when Gawain did not come, he wondered why Gawain lingered with his golden news.

From Tales from Tennyson by Bellew, Molly K.

Pelleas weds Nimue, and Ettarre dies of a broken heart.

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew

So down they went but Pelleas overthrew them all again so Ettarre called down from the tower above, "Bind him and bring him in."

From Tales from Tennyson by Bellew, Molly K.

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