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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

And down they went,   And Pelleas overthrew them one by one;   And from the tower above him cried Ettarre,   'Bind him, and bring him in.'

From Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

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 William A. (William Alfred) Quayle

The first four Idylls of the King were prepared for publication in the spring of 1859; while Tennyson was at work also on Pelleas and Ettarre, and the Tristram cycle.

From Alfred Tennyson by Andrew Lang

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 Molly K. Bellew

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