Thomas of Erceldoune

American  

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

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

In Scotland, beneath the Eilden hills, sleeps Thomas of Erceldoune; the murdered French who fell in the Sicilian Vespers at Palermo are also slumbering till the time is come when they may wake to avenge themselves.

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A third legend centres in Thomas of Erceldoune.

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So far we see that the prohibition and the danger we found extant in the Fairyland of modern folk-tales apply also to the classic Hades; and we have traced them back a long way into the Middle Ages in French, British, and Danish traditions relating to fairies and other supernatural existences, with a special threat of Hell in the case of Thomas of Erceldoune.

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

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Ossian in the Tir na n'Og — The Island of Happiness — The Mermaid — Thomas of Erceldoune — Olger the Dane — The Sleeping Hero — King Arthur — Don Sebastian — The expected deliverer — British variants — German variants — Frederick Barbarossa — Nameless heroes — Slavonic variants.

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