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Thomas of Erceldoune

American  
[tom-uhs uhv ur-suhl-doon] / ˈtɒm əs əv ˈɜr səlˌdun /

noun

  1. Thomas the Rhymer, c1220–97?, Scottish poet.


Thomas of Erceldoune British  
/ ˈɜːsəlˌduːn /

noun

  1. called Thomas the Rhymer. ?1220–?97, Scottish seer and poet; reputed author of a poem on the Tristan legend

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This leads us to the consideration of three English metrical Romances, which in all probability are derived from French sources, containing accounts of the visits to fairy-land made by Thomas of Erceldoune, Launfal, and Orfeo.

From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank

The romance of Thomas of Erceldoune is a poem in three "fyttes" or sections, which is preserved wholly or in part in five manuscripts, of which the earliest may be dated about 1435.

From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank

A third legend centres in Thomas of Erceldoune.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

Thomas of Erceldoune, during his retirement, has been supposed, from time to time, to be levying forces to take the field in some crisis of his country's fate.

From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Scott, Walter, Sir

The Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune, printed from five manuscripts.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

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