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Layamon

[ ley-uh-muhn, lah-yuh- ]

noun

  1. flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.


Layamon

/ ˈlaɪəmən; ˈlɔːmən /

noun

  1. Layamon12th-centuryMEnglishWRITING: poetRELIGION: clergyman 12th-century English poet and priest; author of the Brut, a chronicle providing the earliest version of the Arthurian story in English
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A poetical version of the legendary history of Britain, by Layamon.

As compared with Layamon and Orm they show a development scarcely worthy of a lapse of more than two centuries.

Layamon's indifference to the price paid by his compatriots for Arthur's glory was not peculiar to himself.

Of Layamon mention has already been made in the chapter on the Arthurian Legend.

In the last comparison, that of matter, Layamon will not come out ill even if he be tried high.

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