Igraine

[ih-greyn]

noun

1. Arthurian Legend.,  the mother of King Arthur.

Igraine

/ ɪˈɡreɪn /

noun

1. the mother of King Arthur

Example Sentences

In the legends, Arthur is generally understood to be the son of King Uther Pendragon and Igraine — a back story that differs from the character in “Cursed.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sister Igraine is revealed to be Arthur’s sister, Morgana.

From Los Angeles Times

Model Poppy Delevingne has pivoted toward acting, making her big-budget film debut as King Arthur’s mother Igraine in Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” opposite Charlie Hunnam as well as Jude Law, Eric Bana and Djimon Hounsou.

From Los Angeles Times

They had been talking, before the eagle-owl woke up, about the earlier wrongs of their family—about their grandmother, Igraine, who had been wronged by Arthur’s father —about all the long-gone feud of Gael and Gall, which had been taught them by their dam in old Dunlothian.

From Literature

“Long time past, my heroes,” Gawaine was saying, “before ourselves were born or thought of, there was a beautiful grandmother at us, called Igraine.”

From Literature