Lyonnesse

American  

[lahy-uh-nes] / ˌlaɪ əˈnɛs /

noun

1. Arthurian Legend. the mythical region where Sir Tristram was born, located near Cornwall in SW England and supposed to have been submerged by the sea.

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Lyonnesse British  

/ ˌlaɪəˈnɛs /

noun

1. (in Arthurian legend) the mythical birthplace of Sir Tristram, situated in SW England and believed to have been submerged by the sea

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Example Sentences

At Lyonnesse, after a fierce battle in which confusion reigned and friends and foes were shadows in the mist, he meets his king.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

What would bechance at Lyonnesse    While I should sojourn there    No prophet durst declare, Nor did the wisest wizard guess What would bechance at Lyonnesse    While I should sojourn there.

From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Hardy, Thomas

Now that beautiful "might have been" lay irrecoverable as the "lost land of Lyonnesse," under its transparent shroud, and haunting echoes of tender tones tolled faintly, like buried bells of Folge Fond.

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

The region of Lyonnesse was supposed to be adjacent to Cornwall, and the sea now covers it.

From Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson by Wordsworth, William

The spirit, the atmosphere, is that of a glory receding into the unknown and the West of Wonder; into Lyonnesse, into Avallon, into the Sunset Isles.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth