King Horn
Americannoun
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The game is based loosely on the Old English tales of King Horn.
From Forbes
King Horn is a heroic poem or gest of 1546 lines dating from the 13th century.
From Project Gutenberg
Such was the case with the ancient gest of King Horn.
From Project Gutenberg
Rhyme was used in continental German poetry, and in Icelandic, and occasionally in Anglo-Saxon, before there were any French examples to follow; and King Horn is one thing surviving to show how the English story-tellers might have got on if they had not paid so much attention to the French authorities in rhyme.
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There are two, King Horn and Havelok the Dane, which appear to be founded on national English traditions coming down from the time of the Danish wars.
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