Layamon
[ ley-uh-muhn, lah-yuh- ]
/ ˈleɪ ə mən, ˈlɑ yə- /
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noun
flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.
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Also called Lawman.
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Laxness, lay, layabout, lay about one, lay a finger on, Layamon, lay analyst, lay an egg, Layard, lay aside, lay at rest
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Layamon
Lawman (ˈlɔːmən)
/ (ˈlaɪəmən) /
noun
12th-century English poet and priest; author of the Brut, a chronicle providing the earliest version of the Arthurian story in English
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