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Igraine

American  
[ih-greyn] / ɪˈgreɪn /

noun

  1. Arthurian Legend. the mother of King Arthur.


Igraine British  
/ ɪˈɡreɪn /

noun

  1. the mother of King Arthur

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Merlin finds Igraine bleeding to death and tries to cure her with his so-called magic which he's so far used to freeze a pond and set fire to a leaf.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2011

She gallops off before anyone sees her leaving Igraine convinced that she's gone round the twist.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

And will Merlin and Igraine finally outsmart Morgan and the crazed nun?

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

“And we must keep the feud living forever,” said Agravaine, “because Mammy is a Cornwall. Dame Igraine is our Granny.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Arthur’s mother was Igraine—that very Igraine who had been captured at Tintagil, the One that the Orkney children had been talking about in the Round Tower at the beginning of this book.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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