Abbey of La Beale Adventure, 77.
Abblasoure, place of, 359.
Abel, 395, 396.
Abelleus, 71.
Ablamor of the Marsh, 68.
Accolon of Gaul, Sir, 57; hunts with Arthur, 79; finds himself by a deep well, 80; gets Excalibur and nearly kills Arthur, 82; dies, 84; 86.
Adam, 395.
Adder stings and produces a war, 478.
Adtherp, Sir, 186, 187.
Affrike, 100.
Africa, 108.
Agente, earldom of, 469.
Aglavale, Sir, 259.
Aglovale, Sir, 152, 281, 333, 362, 448; is slain, 459.
Agravaine, Sir, 42, 56, 139, 150, 152; marries, 160; 169, 248, 250, 261, 279, 290; is open mouthed, 412; 421, 431, 434, 438, 448, 450; accuses Sir Launcelot and Guenever, 451; tries to capture Sir Launcelot and is slain, 454.
Aguarus, 373.
Agwisance of Ireland, king, 35, 36, 152, 154.
Alakuke, lord, 104.
Albans, St., 28.
Alexander, 108.
Alexandria, 108.
Alice La Beale Pilgrim, 273.
Aliduke, Sir, 118, 413, 421.
Aligement, alleviation, 390.
Alis le Beale Pilgrim, dame, 455.
Alisander le Orphelin, 268, 270, 273, 422, 448.
Alisander the mighty conqueror, 467.
Alisandrie, country of, 100.
Allardin of the Isles, 67.
Allegiance, alleviation, 43.
Allein, 246.
Allhallowmas, 29, 33.
Almain, 100, 106, 107.
Almerie, cupboard, 411.
Almesbury, 481, 484. See Introduction, p. xviii.
Alphegus, Sir, 446.
Alther, of us all, 84.
Amant, 245, 251.
Ambage, country of, 100.
Ambler, 263.
And, if, 142.
Andred, Sir, 188, 190, 213, 264, 449.
Andret, Sir, 174.
Andrew, Sir, 232.
Anglides (prince Boudwin’s wife), 267.
Anguish of Ireland, king, 164, 168, 171, 177, 179, 181, 184, 419, 434.
Anguish of Scotland, king, 99.
Anguissance of Ireland, king, 448.
Aniause, king, 382, 383, 387.
Anjou, duke of, 469.
Annecians, 40.
Annowre (a sorceress), 209.
Ansirus, duke (the pilgrim), 273.
Antemes, 41.
Anwick, 486.
Arabe, mount of, 103.
Arabie, 100.
Arbray, castle of, 283.
Archade, 277.
Archbishop of Canterbury, 28, 30.
Aretted, reckoned, 1.
Arguis, Sir, 264.
Argustus, 377.
Aries (the cowherd), 65.
Aries le Vaysher, 248.
Aristance, Sir, 282.
Aristause, earl, 448.
Arminak, earl of, 469.
Arnold de Breusse, 139, 149.
Arnold, Sir, 152.
Arrage, country of, 100.
Arrok de Grevant, Sir, 449.
Arrouse, earl, 277.
Arroy, country and forest of, 89.
Arthur is born, 27; pulls the sword out of the stone, 29; made king, 30; fights, 32; 35, 36, 39; falls in love, 41; first sees Guenever, 41; dreams a dream, 42; wants the quest, 43; is made known to Igraine, 44; fights, 46; gets a sword, 47; 53; fights Nero, 56; is sick, 57; loves Guenever, 64; marries, 66; 74; is warned by Merlin to keep his sword and scabbard, 75; fights with five kings, 77; rides his horse to death, 79; finds himself in prison, 79; fights Sir Accolon, and is nearly killed, 81; goes to an abbey and recovers, 84; follows his sister for the scabbard, 86; 95; Roman Emperor sends to him for tribute, 98; his splendour, 100; ordains two governors to act while he goes to war with the Emperor of Rome, 101; dreams of an encounter between a boar and a dragon, ib.; giant crushes his ribs, 103; embraces his knights after battle, 105; crowned at Rome by the Pope, 110; 116, 120, 127, 133, 135, 137, 139, 145, 148; holds a tournament at Avilion, 152; 156, 161, 167, 177, 187, 196; justs with Sir Lamorak, 208; cuts off the head of the Lady, 210; 223; fights, 226; 228, 236; fights Sir Tristram, 238; 243, 251, 256, 262, 274, 279; cries a just, 286; is at Lonazep, 303; justs with Sir Dinadan, 305; visits Sir Tristram, 315; 330; Sir Launcelot returns to him, 344; sees marvels, 350; glad to see the remnant of his knights, 411; 415; holds a tourney at Winchester, 420; 425; justs, 434; 449; hears the charge against Guenever, 452; faints, 459; lays siege to Joyous Gard, 461; goes to war with Sir Launcelot, 470; his life is war and strife, 475; returns to Dover and fights, 476; has a dream, 477; kills Sir Mordred, 479; received by three queens in a barge, 480.
Arundel, castle of, 268.
Asia, 100.
Assoil, absolve, 365.
Assotted, besotted, doting, 75, 274.
Astamore, Sir, 448, 452.
Astlabor, king, 318, 320.
Astolat (town of Gilford), 419.
Astomore, Sir, 413.
Astonied, stunned, 117, 123.
Attaint, fatigued, exhausted, 384.
Avail, lower, 110.
Avaunt, boast, 447.
Avelion, Avelon, the Isle of Apples, on which Glastonbury stood, 49.
Aventer, couch spear, 62.
Avilion, Isle of, 151, 152; vale of, 480.
Avoid quit leave, 103.
Awk, backward, 182.
Babylon, 410.
Bachelors, knights, 37.
Bagdemagus, king, 78, 114, 116, 128, 152, 169, 275; nearly killed, 355; 405, 470.
Balan, 42, 53, 57; is slain, 62.
Balin le Savage, 42, 49, 52, 57; slays Garlon, 59; is slain, 62; 351.
Bamborow, 486.
Ban of Benwick, king, 32, 38, 41, 75, 224.
Bandes, king, 279.
Baptism, 280.
Barant le Apres, Sir, called king with the hundred knights, 448.
Barbers, 107.
Barbican, 103; an outwork to defend the gate of a castle, 156.
Barflete (in Flanders), 101.
Barget, a little barge, 431.
Barham Down, near Canterbury, 477. Mr. Wright says it is the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, which, no doubt, suggested that a battle had been fought there.
Baronage, 265.
Barony, 96, 450.
Basdemegus, 57.
Battle, 264.
Battles, armies, battalions, 105, 265.
Baudwin of Britain, Sir, 30, 31, 101; is a surgeon, 423; 428.
Bayonne, 469.
Beale Isould, 101.
Beale-Valet, castle of, 262.
Beame, trumpet, 478.
Bearn, earl of, 469.
Beaumains (Fair-hands), 129; is called a kitchen-boy, 135; 140; beats the red knight of the red lawns, 143; 148.
Beaume (Bayonne), 469.
Bedegraine, forest of, 34; castle of, 35; 41; battle of, 42.
Bedivere, Sir, 102, 103, 152, 421, 434, 448, 478; throws Excalibur into the water, 480; finds where Arthur is buried, 481; meets with Sir Launcelot, 484; is an hermit, 487.
Bee, ring, bracelet, or other ornament, 159.
Behest, promise, 209.
Behight, promise, 411.
Behote, promise, 168.
Belias le Orgulous, Sir, is slain, 459.
Belinus, king of Britain, 99.
Bellangere (a constable), 268.
Bellangere le Orgulous, Sir, 449.
Bellaus, 40.
Bellengerus le Beuse, 274, 421, 448, 455, 468.
Belleus, Sir, 115; wounded by Launcelot, 115; 128.
Belliance le Orgulous, Sir, 198.
Bellias of Flanders, 37.
Bendelaine, Sir, 157.
Benoye, country of, 274, 343.
Benwick, city of, 33; 34, 41; land of, 75; some call it Bayonne, 469; 471.
Berel, Sir, 104.
Berluse, Sir, 247.
Bernard of Astolat, Sir, 419, 420, 429.
Berrant le Apres, king, 295.
Bersules, Sir, 245, 251.
Bertelot, Sir, 338.
Bery, apparently meant for Bere, bier, or bear, 385.
Besaunt, a gold coin first coined at Byzantium, 95, 481.
Beseen, adorned, clothed, 51.
Bestad, Bested, beset, 476.
Betaught, recommended, 359.
Betid, happened, was; or, beat, 141, 332.
Bishop, the first, 407.
Black, all, 133.
Blamore de Ganis, Sir, 139, 173, 176, 179, 224, 230, 277, 413, 421, 448; made a duke, 469; 484.
Bleise, 41.
Bleoberis de Ganis, Sir, 38, 139, 154, 173, 175, 177, 179, 199, 208, 223, 231, 275, 278, 287, 317, 413, 421, 435, 448; made a duke, 469; 484.
Bliant, Sir, 338; castle of, 341.
Bloias de la Flandres, 37.
Blois de la Case, 40.
Board, deck, 370.
Bobart le Cure Hardy, Sir, Arthur’s son, 449.
Bole, trunk of a tree, 126.
Book, swear upon a, 230, 259.
Boot, help, 162.
Borre, 41.
Bors de Ganis, Sir, 89, 103, 105, 139, 152, 154, 218, 230, 328; sees a dragon, 330; 333, 343, 381; joins in the quest, 383; 387, 390, 392, 397, 401, 407; has his adventures chronicled, 411; 413, 421; finds Sir Launcelot ill, 427; 435, 448; is crowned, 469; 482.
Bors of Gaul, king, 32, 38, 41.
Boudwin, Sir, 267.
Brabant, 107.
Brachet, a small scenting dog, 66, 70, 79, 123, 165, 215.
Bragwaine, dame, 181, 185, 191, 205, 215, 220, 225, 230.
Braid, hastiness, 472.
Brain-pan, 167, 184.
Brandegore, king, 343.
Brandegoris of Stranggore, king, 35, 56.
Brandel, Sir, 118.
Brandiles, Sir, 152, 205, 209, 248, 250, 256, 413, 421, 431, 438, 448; is slain, 459.
Brasias, Sir, 413; a hermit, 415.
Brast, brake, 117.
Brastias, Sir, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 36, 433.
Brawn, muscular part of the hand, palm, 443.
Brenius, king of Britain, 99.
Breunor, Sir, 181.
Breuse Saunce Pité, Sir, 178, 201, 220, 230, 235, 239, 261, 270, 277, 287, 301, 339.
Brewnor le Noire, Sir, 129, 197; is La Cote Male Taile, 205.
Brian de Listinoise, Sir, 118, 448.
Brian of the Forest, 67.
Brian of the Isles, 73, 152, 202, 205.
Briant, 37.
Briant de la Forest Savage, 40.
Briant of North Wales, Sir, 222.
Bridge, of iron and steel, 63.
Brim, furious, 464.
Brisen, dame, 327, 328, 331, 340.
Britain, 106; Petit, 237; Great, 356; people Christianized, ib.
Britany, country of, 102; duchess of, ib., 151; 161, 168, 191, 205.
Britons, 38; full of pride and boast, 103; 105.
Broche, split, pierce, 39.
Bromel la Pleche, Sir, 328.
Browis, broth, pottage, 129.
Bruin, le Noire, Sir, 448.
Buffet, blow, 72, 73, 82.
Bulls from the Pope, 464.
Bur, an iron ring on the spear, to prevent the hand slipping, 479.
Burbling, bubbling, 240.
Burgen, bud, blossom, 451.
Burgoyne, 100, 103.
Bushment, surprise party (embushment, 34), 103, 110.
Cador of Cornwall, Sir, 99, 104.
Cain, 395.
Calabre, country of, 100.
Caliburn (one of the strongest of Pavie), 104.
Calidone, 393.
Cambenet, duke of, 35, 38.
Cambines, duke, 282.
Cameliard, country of, 41, 64, 270.
Camelot, see Introduction, p. xvi., 49, 53, 56, 63, 66, 68, 70, 73, 75, 77, 79, 84, 98, 177, 203; river of, 239; 242, 246, 251, 253, 257, 261, 317, 330, 344, 348, 352, 381, 405, 411, 418.
Candlemas, 30.
Canterbury, bishop of, 65; Mordred crowned here, 474; bishop of, defies Mordred, 475; 477; buries Arthur, 481; bishop of, 484; 485, 487.
Capadoce, country of, 100.
Carados, king of, 31, 35, 37, 38.
Carados, Sir, 92, 118, 152, 177, 179, 184, 204, 219, 224, 226, 270, 448.
Carados of Scotland, king, 448.
Carbonek, castle of, 366, 392, 404, 407.
Car de Gomeret, 270.
Cardican, castle of, 335.
Cardiff, captain of, 107; place, 209; take ship at, 469; 470.
Cardoile, 76.
Cardoile, the Anglo-Norman form of Carlisle, 76. See Introduction, p. xv.
Cardok, Sir, 448.
Cardol, 33.
Carlion, see Introduction, p. xv., 30, 35, 42, 43, 48, 130, 148, 262.
Carlisle, 347, 447, 450, 458, 464, 467.
Carrack, ship, 476.
Carteloise, castle of, 397.
Case, castle of, 327.
Cast, a portion or set of loaves baked together, 140.
Castle Blank, 338.
Castor, Sir, 340.
Cateland, country of, 100.
Caulas, 40.
Caxton’s preface, 1.
Cayer, 100.
Cered, waxed, 485.
Chafe, heat, 106.
Chaflet, platform, 477.
Chaleins of Clarance, duke, 277, 281, 434, 448.
Champayne, 103.
Chariot, castle, 113.
Chestelaine, Sir, 109.
Child, squire, or young knight, 109, 392.
Chivalry, flower of, 76.
Christ, Lord Jesus, 60, 352, 394.
Christendom, 75, 83, 87, 99, 299, 395, 464.
Christmas, 28.
Church, 28, 395.
Churl, peasant, boor, 120.
Clariance de la Forest Savage, 36.
Clariance of Northumberland, king, 35, 36, 448.
Clarisin, the countess, 110.
Clarrus of Cleremont, Sir, 448, 455, 469, 484, 487.
Claudas, king, 32, 34, 41, 75, 100, 330, 470.
Claudine, 409.
Clegis, Sir, 107, 448.
Clegis of Sadok, Sir, 455, 469.
Cleped, called, 409.
Cleremond, Sir, 107.
Cloddrus, Sir, 448.
Cloth of gold, 33.
Coasted, kept at the side, in a parallel course, 433.
Cogge, cock, i.e. cock-boat, 101.
Cognisance, badge, mark of distinction, 241, 302.
Colgrevance, Sir, 218, 389, 449, 452.
Colgrevaunce de Gorre, Sir, 40.
Collibe, sea of, 392.
Cologne, 100.
Colombe, 54, 243.
Comange, earl of, 469.
Commonalty, 228.
Commons, 30, 81; children of, 102.
Constantine, son of queen Heleine, 99; country of, 102.
Constantine, Sir (Sir Cador’s son). Arthur wishes him to be his heir, 101, 448; was chosen king after Arthur, 487.
Corbin, bridge of, 326; 330; city of, 340.
Corneus, duke, 33.
Cornwall, 25, 49, 75, 96, 151, 161, 163, 165, 174, 177, 181, 193, 205, 232, 249, 259, 262, 266, 268, 286, 478.
Coronation, 30.
Corsabrin, Sir, 279.
Courtelage, court-yard, or garden, 94, 121, 379.
Covin, deceit, plot, 360.
Cradelmas, king, 35, 37.
Cradelment of North Wales, king, 37.
Croft, vault, 406.
Crosselme, Sir, 448.
Curselaine, Sir, 452.
Cyprus, 100.
Daffish, foolish, 236.
Dagonet, Sir (Arthur’s fool), 199, 212, 249, 256.
Dalan, 261.
Damas, Sir, 79, 81, 459.
Damaske, country of, 100.
Damiete, 100.
Daname, Sir, 230.
Darras, Sir, 229, 230, 449.
David, 395.
Debate, strife, 459.
Debonair, courteous, 394.
Defoil, trample under foot, overcome, 200.
Degrane, Sance Vilany, Sir, 449.
Delectable Isle, 297.
Deliverly, actively, 473.
Denmark, king of, 76, 357.
Depart, part, 483.
De Vance, lady, 55.
Devise, look carefully at, 402.
Devoir, knightly duty, 149, 469.
Diamond, justed for daily, 432.
Dight, dressed, 79.
Dinadan, Sir, 129, 152, 216, 227, 246, 253, 257, 261, 276, 280; forced into woman’s garment, 282; best jester, 290; 317, 448.
Dinant, Sir, 214.
Dinas, Sir, 153, 167, 188, 215, 232, 263, 268; rises against king Mark, 284; 448, 455, 469.
Disworship, disgrace, 67.
Dodinas le Savage, Sir, 96, 154, 169, 175, 228, 241, 302, 421, 438, 448.
Dole, grief, 45.
Dolphine, 108.
Dornar, Sir, 259.
Dornard, Sir, 281.
Dover, 34, 110, 475; castle, 477, 482, 484.
Dragon (description of), 101; spitting fire, 326.
Draughts, apparently recesses parted off from the main room, 442.
Dress, turn towards, address, 402.
Driant, Sir, 188, 218, 448; is slain, 459.
Dromon, a vessel of war, 101.
Duresse, bondage, 357.
Durnore, Sir, 448.
Dutchmen, duke of, 109.
Dwarf, attendant, 53, 69, 80, 90.
Dwine, dwindle, 485.
Easter, 30.
Eastland, queen of, 113.
Ebel, Sir, 296, 300.
Ector, Sir, takes charge of the infant Arthur, 27; 44.
Ector de Maris, Sir, 112, 118, 123, 127, 139, 152, 177, 210, 224, 230, 237, 258, 275, 278, 287, 316, 333; is healed by the Sancgreal, 337; 342, 377, 405, 412, 421, 435, 448; is crowned, 469; 484; finds Sir Launcelot dead, 486.
Edward of Carnarvan, Sir, 448.
Edward of Orkney, Sir, 304, 449.
Edward of the Red Castle, Sir, 96.
Edward the Fourth, 487.
Eft, again, 480.
Eftures, passages, 444.
Egglame, 47.
Egypt, 100; king of, 106.
Elaine (king Ban’s wife), 75.
Elaine (king Nentres’ wife), 27.
Elaine (king Pelles’ daughter), 327; sees Sir Launcelot mad, 340; 344, 375; is dead, 405.
Elaine le Blank, 420; seeks Sir Launcelot, 425; dies for Sir Launcelot and is put in a barget, 431; the letter is taken from her dead hand, 432.
Elamie, country of, 100.
Eleine, slew herself, 74.
Elian le Blank, 382.
Elias, Sir (a captain), 263, 264; fights Sir Tristram, 266.
Elias de Gomeret, 270.
Eliazar, 377, 407.
Eliot (an harper), 263, 267.
Elis la Noire, 277.
Elise, Sir, 279.
Elizabeth, queen, 161, 165.
Emerause, 40.
Enchafe, heat, 372.
Enchantress, 327.
Eneled, anointed (with extreme unction), 486.
England, 27, 31, 49, 97, 111, 151, 168, 177, 191, 283, 330, 333, 341, 447; writs sent, 461; 464.
Englishmen, 475.
Epinegris, 289.
Epinogrus, Sir, 152, 301, 318, 421, 449.
Erminide, Sir, 449.
Erst, before, 254.
Ertaine, country of, 100.
Ertanax (a fish), 393.
Estates, 87, 228, 281.
Estorause, king, 409.
Estrake, earl of, 469.
Estsex, Essex, 477.
Ethelwold, Sir, 109.
Ethiope, king of, 106.
Ettard, 91, 94.
Eufrates, flood of, 393.
Euphrates, river of, 100.
Europe, 100.
Eustace of Cambenet, duke, 36.
Evangelists, 26, 74, 399.
Eve, 395.
Evelake, king, 356, 357, 367, 375.
Ewaine le Blanchemains, Sir, 27, 57.
Excalibur (Cut-steel), 32, 51, 57; sent to Sir Accolon, 80; 81, 105; is thrown into the water, 479.
Faramon of France, king, 165.
Feldenak, Sir, 104.
Felelolie, dame, 447, 450.
Fellowship, 177, 178, 191, 258, 459.
Felot of Langduk, Sir, 70.
Felot of Listinoise, Sir, 96.
Ferant of Spain, Sir, 109.
Fergus, earl, 95, 212.
Fergus, Sir, 262, 268, 448.
Fewter, put spear in the rest, 107.
Fiend, comes out of a tomb, 357, 369; chief one, 372.
Fig tree cursed by our Lord, 365.
Flacket, flask, 181.
Flanders, 100, 107.
Flannedrius, 40.
Florence, Sir, 107, 109, 448, 452.
Floridas, Sir, 109, 110.
Floris, Sir, 110.
Foining, push in fencing, 131, 136, 142.
Foise, earl of, 469.
Footmen, 34, 39.
Fordo, undo, 74.
Forthdays, late in the day, 455.
Forthink, grieve, 379; repent, 74.
Foster, forester, 381.
Four Stones, castle of, 53.
France, 32, 100, 102; marshal of, 103; 161, 163, 168, 330; lords of, 469.
Frol of the Out Isles, Sir, 195.
Gad, spike or knob of iron or steel, 373.
Gahalantine, Sir, 448; made a duke, 469; 484.
Gahalatine, Sir, 115, 116, 128.
Gaheris, Sir, 42, 56, 66, 87, 117, 127, 139, 150, 152, 160, 169, 197, 213, 223, 227, 231, 260, 277, 279, 281, 290, 334, 413, 421, 434, 448; is slain, 459.
Gainest, readiest, 145.
Gainus, Sir, 103.
Galacie, country of, 100.
Galagars, Sir, chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78.
Galahad, Sir, 60, 63, 75, 183, 325; is born, 328; is made a knight, 349; sits in the siege perilous, 350; his lineage, 352; takes the white shield, 355; attacks the Castle of Maidens, 360; strikes down his father, 362; 375, 381, 397; meets Sir Launcelot on board ship, 402; goes in quest of the Sancgreal, 402; dies, 410.
Galahalt, Sir, 257, 274; hates fish, 281; of the Long Isles, 293; 419, 424, 434, 448.
Galahault, Sir, 152.
Galapas (a giant), 105.
Galardoun, 241.
Galatine (Sir Gawaine’s good sword), 104, 107.
Galihodin, Sir, 152, 154, 282, 301, 413, 421, 435, 448; is made a duke, 469; 484.
Galihud, Sir, 152, 154, 230, 413, 421, 435; made an earl, 469; 484.
Galind, Sir, 118.
Galiodin, 230.
Galleron of Galway, Sir, 246, 421, 448.
Ganis, abbey and castle of, 231.
Garaunt, 270.
Gareth of Orkney, Sir (Beaumains), 42; 56, 131, 145, 150, 152, 158, 292, 296, 303, 317, 361, 413; smites down thirty knights, 435; 448; is slain, 459.
Garlon, 58.
Garlot, land of, 27.
Garnish of the Mount, 60.
Gaul, 34, 375.
Gaunter, Sir, 122, 152.
Gautere, Sir, 448; is slain, 459.
Gawaine, Sir, 27, 35.
Gawaine, Sir, (Arthur’s nephew), 42, 56, 58, 63; Arthur promises to make him a knight, 65; follows the hart, 67; kills a lady, 69; 75, 77; chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; fights Sir Marhaus, 88; 91, 95, 96; smites off Sir Gainus’ head, 103; 107; fights with Sir Priamus, 108; 116, 123, 125, 128, 139, 145, 149, 152, 154, 158, 169, 184, 196, 219, 229; is beaten by Sir Lamorak, 258; 261, 279, 288, 302, 326, 333; tries to pull the sword out, 350; takes up the quest of the holy Graile, 353; 361, 377, 405, 413, 434, 448; asks Arthur not to be hasty in burning Guenever, 457; loses his brothers, 460; will not forgive Sir Launcelot, 467; fights, 473; writes to Sir Launcelot, and dies, 476.
Gawdelin, Sir, 334.
Genoese warriors, 100.
Gerfalcon, the finest kind of hawk, 96.
Gerin, Sir, 280.
Gerine le Grose, 272.
Germany, 106.
Gest, deed, story, 123.
Gherard, Sir, 109.
Gherard de Breusse, 139, 149.
Ghost, Holy, 352, 364, 381, 395.
Giant of St. Michael’s Mount; sits at supper gnawing a man’s limbs, twelve children are being broached on spits, 102; is killed by Arthur, 103.
Gilbert, Sir, 124, 125.
Gilford, 419.
Gillemere, Sir, 448; is slain, 459.
Gilmere, Sir, 122.
Gingalin, Sir, 211, 448, 452.
Gisarm, two-edged battle-axe, 96.
Glaive, a long blade at the end of a lance, a sword, 70.
Glasting, 287. See Questing.
Glastonbury, 475, 481, 484. See Introduction, p. xviii.
Glatisant (the questing beast), 207, 250, 256, 286, 299; is followed by Sir Palamides, 348.
Gobbets, lumps, 148.
God, 326.
Godard, garrison of, 108.
Godelake, Sir, 152.
Goneries, Sir, 275.
Goodewin, Sir, 334.
Goothe, castle of, 366.
Gore, land of, 27, 35, 86, 113, 152, 285, 406.
Gouvernail (Sir Tristram’s tutor), 163, 166, 174, 178, 187, 190, 205, 220, 241.
Graale, holy, 327; its entrance into the hall, 352; 401. See Sangreal.
Gracian, 34.
Graciens le Castlein, 40.
Gramercy (written Grant mercy, 418); great thanks, 71.
Grastian, 34.
Gratian, 41.
Gree, degree, prize, 220.
Greece, Hart of, a fat deer, 323.
Greece, 100.
Griflet, Sir, 33, 36.
Griflet, le Fise de Dieu, Sir, 40, 45, 76; is chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; 169, 249, 303, 362, 421, 435, 448; is slain, 459.
Gringamore, Sir, 144, 147, 151.
Grip, earl, 191.
Gromere, Sir, 448.
Gromore Somir Joure, Sir, 452.
Grummore Grummursum, Sir, 152.
Guenever, 41, 64; is married, 66; 74; goes with Arthur to battle, 76; 85; left in care of two governors by Arthur, 101; 102; meets Arthur at Sandwich, 111; 113, 119, 121, 122, 125, 127, 153, 187, 192, 197, 207, 225, 236, 253, 262, 274, 278; falls with laughter, 282; 285, 318, 327, 330; is angry with Sir Launcelot, 332; spends £20,000 to find Sir Launcelot, 344; sorrows over the separation of the Round Table Knights, 353; complains to Sir Launcelot, 412; is suspected of poisoning, 413; the trial, 416; is angry, 426; was a true lover, 437; goes a-Maying, 437; is captured, 438; rescued by Sir Launcelot, 441; sees Sir Launcelot at night, 443; wants her accuser killed, 446; is watched, 450; led out for judgment, 458; rescued by Sir Launcelot, 459; is given back to Arthur, 468; Sir Mordred tries to wed her, 474; makes herself a nun, 481; is found by Sir Launcelot in a nunnery, 483; dies and is buried, 485.
Guerdonless, without reward, 323.
Guiart le Petite, Sir, 448.
Guienne, king of, 469.
Gumret le Petit, 169.
Guy, Sir, 270.
Guynas de Bloy, 40.
Gwenbaus, 34.
Gwimiart de Bloi, 36.
Gwinas, Sir, 37.
Haberjon, see Hauberk. When the ‘chausses’ or mail leggings were united with the Hauberk the whole was called an Haberjon, 385.
Hackneys, 34, 178, 229.
Hair, hair-shirt, 373.
Hale and how! pull ho! the cry of sailors, 141.
Halp, Holp, helped, 95.
Halse, embrace, 178.
Handfast, betrothed, 272.
Handsel, payment, earnest-money, 174.
Hard Rock, castle of, 235.
Harlon, king, 377.
Harness, armour, 111.
Harnessed, furnished, set, 189.
Harry le Fise Lake, Sir, 287, 449, 455.
Harsouse le Berbuse, 273.
Hart, white, 66, 399.
Harvis de les Marches, 273.
Hauberk, coat or frock of mail, made of plates or chain-links sewn upon leather, 39.
Haut, high, noble, 183.
Hebes le Renoumes, Sir, 169, 448, 455, 469.
Hectimere, Sir, 448.
Hector, 108, 467.
Helake, Sir, 299.
Heleine, queen, 99.
Helin le Blank, 343, 344.
Helior le Preuse, Sir, 319.
Helius, Sir, murders King Hermance, 297, 299.
Hellaine le Blank, Sir, 448.
Hellawes (the sorceress), 125.
Hellias le Grose, 375.
Hemison, Sir, 236; dies, 237.
Herawd, lord, 104.
Herb, holy, 78.
Heringdale, lord, 104.
Herlews le Berbeus, 58.
Hermance of the Red City, king, 294, 297, 449.
Hermel, duke, 60.
Hermind, Sir, 298; is slain, 459.
Hermits, who they were, 424.
Hermonil, country of, 100.
Hernox, earl, 398.
Hervin, 388.
Hervis de Revel, Sir, 56; chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78.
Hervise de la Forest Savage, Sir, 449.
Hew de la Montaine, 222.
Hewgon, Sir, 273.
Hight, was called, 25.
Ho! halt! the word for stopping a tournament, 40, 278.
Holt, a hill with a grove on it, 480. The ‘two holts hoar’ are described as ‘two cliffs,’ 484; 107.
Holts, 107.
Hontzlake of Wentland, 72.
Horse-litter, 27, 55, 272.
Houselled, To be, to receive the sacrament, 260.
Hove, hover, stand, 97.
Howell, Sir, Duke of Brittany (Arthur’s cousin), 102, 162, 191, 195, 434.
Hue of the Red Castle, Sir, 96.
Humber, 76, 77; bank, 294; 297.
Hungary, land of, 446.
Huntress, shoots Sir Launcelot, 433, 436.
Hurlame, king, 393.
Hurtle, dash, 138.
Ider, Sir, 99.
Idres of Cornwall, king, 35, 36, 38, 42.
Idrus, Sir, 104.
Igraine, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 42, 43, 120.
Inde, 100.
Inde, dark blue, 38, 137.
Intermeddle, intermix, 404.
Ireland, 31, 48; king of, 76; 95, 106, 151, 161; queen of, 164; 166, 168; king accused of treason, 177; 179, 246, 286.
Ironside, Sir (the red knight of the red lawns), 149, 151; is made a knight of the Table Round, 160; 413, 438, 449.
Isle of Longtainse, king of the, 76.
Isoud la Blanche Mains, 191, 194, 237.
Israel, people of, 402.
Italy, 100.
Jagent, castle of, 246.
Jerusalem, 273, 284, 365.
Jesseraunt, a sort of cuirass, of back and breast plates, 31.
Jesus, 28.
Jonas, 375.
Jordanus, Sir, 26, (Jordans) 27.
Joseph of Arimathea, 60, 326, 350, 356, 375, 406.
Joshua, duke, 108, 396.
Journey, day’s work, 268.
Joyous Gard, castle of, 177, 285, 301, 317, 321, 325, 345, 456; Guenever is taken to, 459; is besieged, 461; now Dolorous Gard, 468; some say it was Anwick, and some Bamborow, 486. See Introduction, p. xviii.
Joyous Isle, 342.
Jubance (a giant), 109.
Judgment, alike for rich and poor, 416.
Julius Cesar, 98.
Kainus le Strange, Sir, 315.
Kay, Sir, 29, 30, 34, 36, 56; kills two kings, 77; is chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; smites off the giant’s head, 103; 105, 118; life saved by Sir Launcelot, 121; 123, 127, 129, 131, 152, 169, 205, 209, 219, 232, 243, 316, 336, 349, 413, 421, 431, 448.
Kay de Stranges, Sir, 448; is slain, 459.
Kehydius, Sir (king Howel’s son), 191, 192, 194, 205, 211.
Kent, 477, 478.
King, 30, 233.
Kink-Kenadon, castle of, 128, 159.
Knave, 108.
Knight (how made), 65; errant, 84; 89, 94, 147, 206, 233, 280.
La Beale Isoud, 168, 170, 179, 184, 186, 190, 192, 205, 211, 215, 225, 232, 236, 251, 253, 262, 266, 268; loses Sir Tristram, 283; leaves her husband, 285; jokes Sir Dinadan, 290; 304; calls Sir Palamides a felon, 314; 325, 345, 449.
La Beale Regard, castle of, 272.
La Cote Male Taile, 129, 152, 154; the evil-shapen coat, 197; 203; marries, 205; 413.
Labor, king, 393.
Ladinas, 34.
Ladinas de la Rouse, 40.
Ladinas of the Forest Savage, Sir, 438.
Ladyday, 269.
Lake, king of the, 78.
Lake, lady of the, 47, 51; buried, 52; 78, 210, 448.
Lambaile, earl of, 282, 448.
Lambegus, Sir, 186, 187, 190, 448; is slain, 459.
Lambeth, 440.
Lamerake of Wales, 47.
Lamiel of Cardiff, Sir, 449.
Lamorak de Galis, Sir, 135, 139, 140, 152, 160, 188, 190, 192, 194, 197, 206, 226, 245; fights Sir Palamides, 256; justs, 258; 278, 288; how he was murdered, 293; 334, 413, 435, 448.
Lanceor, Sir, 52, 54, 242.
Landes, earl of the, 469.
Langedok, duke of, 469.
Lardans, 37.
Largesse, bounty, 308.
Laton, a mixed metal, like brass, 57.
Launcelot de Lake, Sir, 54, 63, 64, 75, 89, 98, 99, 101, 104; is the first knight, 111; seeks Sir Lionel, 116; fights Sir Turquine, 117; slays two giants, 120; overthrows four knights, 123; climbs a tree for a falcon, 126; 129, 135, 139, 149, 152, 161, 164, 170, 176, 184, 197, 201, 208, 222; justs with Sir Tristram, 227; 230, 237, 243; fetches king Mark, 252; 258, 270, 274, 278; justs with Sir Tristram, 305; 313; is pulled from his horse, 316; 325; sees Elaine 327; ran mad two years, 332; healed by Sancgreal, 340; returns to Arthur’s court, 344; not the best knight, 352; his lineage, 352; is felled by his son, 362; hindered by his sin from doing holy things, 363; seeks the adventures of the Sancgreal, 374; meets his son on board ship, 402; 411; is forbidden the court by Guenever, 412; fights for the queen, 417; watched day and night by Elaine, 426; is like a corpse, 428; buries Elaine, and is in the queen’s favour again, 432; smites down fifty knights, 435; goes to Guenever’s relief, 440; falls into a trap, 444; slays Sir Meliagrance, 446; heals Sir Urre, 450; found in the queen’s chamber, 453; fights against Arthur and takes his queen, 459; is besieged, 461; pleads his cause before Arthur, 465; goes to France, and rewards his fellowship, 469; fights with Sir Gawaine, 473; returns to England, and finds Guenever in a nunnery, 482; buries Guenever, and why he faints, 485; his character, 486; is buried, 487.
Laurel, dame, 160.
Lavaine, Sir, 420, 430; smites Arthur to the earth, 435; 443; made a knight of the Table Round, 450; 455, 468, 469.
Lawn, an open space in a forest, 90.
Lay, a song, 263.
Lazar-cote, a hut for keeping lepers in, 190.
Le Chevaler du Chariot, 442, 450.
Le Chevaler Mal Fet, 341, 344.
Leach, physician, surgeon, 45, 283, 400.
Leodegrance of Cameliard, king, 41, 42, 64.
Leomie, Sir (king), 105.
Lesses les aler, herald’s cry, 445.
Let to, hinder from, 476.
Letters, 32.
Lever, rather, 102.
Lianour, duke, 360.
Libbard, leopard, 207.
Lief, dear, 480.
Lile of Avelion, 49, 52.
Limosin, duke of, 469.
Linet, 139, 140, 143, 145, 151, 158; marries Sir Gaheris, 160.
Lion, 37, 197, 326, 369.
Lionel, Sir, 103, 111, 115, 118, 152, 230, 333, 343; said to be dead, 385; rides over Sir Bors, 388; cloud separates, 390; 405, 412, 421, 435, 448; is crowned, 469; is slain, 484.
Liones, 139, 141, 145, 147, 150, 152; marries Sir Gareth, 160.
Liones, country of, 162; 165; castle of, 283.
Liones, sometimes said to be a supposed tract of country called Lionesse, between the Land’s End and the Scilly Isles, now submerged. But more probably St. Pol de Leon in Brittany is meant.
Lionors, 41.
Lionses, 33, 38.
Lionses of Payarne, 41.
Lisais, 375.
Listinoise, country of, 286; king of, 302.
Little Britain, king of, 99; realm of, 100.
Logris, realm of, 194, 213, 231, 285, 297, 341, 392, 393, 405, 408. Loegria, Saxon Britain.
Lombardy, warriors of, 100; 107; lords of, 108.
Lonazep, castle of, 286, 293, 301.
London, 28, 30, 33, 49, 64, 413; Arthur returns to, 424; tower of, besieged, 475, 477.
Longius, 60.
Loraine, 107; duke of, 108; duchy of, 110.
Loraine le Savage, 74.
Lords, 30.
Lot, king of Lothian and of Orkney, 27; 31, 35, 36, 37, 40, 56, 58, 139.
Loth, hateful, 179.
Lotless, without a share, 242.
Love, as it is and was, 437.
Lovel, Sir, 448, 452.
Lowe, hillock or tumulus, 449.
Lubber, clumsy fellow, 132.
Luca the botteler, Sir, 448, 470, 478; dies, 479.
Lucan (the butler), Sir, 230, 435.
Lucanere de Buttelere, Sir, 310, 421.
Lucas, Sir, 33, 36.
Lucius, emperor, sends to Arthur for truage, 98; 100; goes to war with Arthur, 103; is killed by Arthur, 106.
Lyly, king of, 104.
Maccabæus, 108.
Macedone, 100.
Madok de la Montaine, Sir, 222.
Mador de la Porte, Sir, 115, 116, 128, 278, 413; accuses the queen of poisoning, 414; fights with Sir Launcelot, 417; 449, 452.
Magons, traitors of, 283.
Magouns, castle of, 268.
Maidens, castle of, 219, 225, 228, 293, 359.
Maker, author, poet, 487.
Mal-ease, bad plight, 196.
Maledisant, damsel, 199; called Bienpensant, 203; called Beauvivante, 205.
Malegrine, Sir, 152.
Mal-engine, evil design, 416.
Maleore, Sir Thomas, 487.
Malgrine, Sir, 153, 270.
Manassen, 86.
Manna, 402.
Mantle, richest (burns the wearer), 87.
Manuel, 375.
Marches, 42.
Margawse, 27.
Marhalt, king of Ireland, 302.
Marhaus, Sir, 88; fights the duke and his six sons, 95; kills the giant Taulurd, 96; is killed, 98; 105, 118, 164; is beaten by Sir Tristram, 166; 179.
Mariet de la Roche, 40.
Mark, a king of Cornwall, 54, 101, 161, 164, 167, 173, 181, 184, 187, 190, 194, 213, 231, 246; runs away, 249; 252, 256; is called king Fox, 262; murders his brother, 268; plans Sir Tristram’s death, 283; is put in prison, 285; 449.
Marrok, Sir, 105, 449.
Marsil, king, 277.
Mary, Saint, 384, 396, 399.
Masauke, earl of, 469.
Mass-penny, sum of money offered, 432.
Masteries, 129.
Matchcold, having holes within the parapet of the walls for pouring stones or molten lead through, 135.
Matto le Breune, Sir, 213.
Maugre, in spite of, 72; misfortune, 461.
Maurel, Sir, 105.
May, when every lusty heart blossoms, 437; 451, 476.
May-day, 48.
Measle, disease, 400.
Meddle, mix, 294.
Meleaus, de Lile, Sir, 449.
Meliaganus, Sir, 152.
Meliagaunce, Sir (Bagdemagus’s son), 207, 275; loves Guenever, 438; fights for her, 439; accuses her of treason, 443.
Meliagrance, Sir, is smitten by Sir Launcelot, 446.
Melias de Lile, Sir, 357, 359, 455, 469.
Meliganus, 154.
Meliodas, king of Liones, 161, 165, 172.
Melion de Tartare, Sir, 333.
Melion of the mountain, Sir, 448, 452.
Meliot, castle of, 57.
Meliot de Logres, Sir, 124, 128, 152, 421, 448, 452.
Meliot of Logurs, Sir, 73.
Melot de la Roche, 36.
Menaduke, Sir, 448, 455; made an earl, 469.
Meniver, 338.
Merlin, 26; met by Ulfius, ib.; sees Uther, ib., 27; comes to Carlion, 31; 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46, 49, 52, 54; deceives king Lot, 56; 63; warns Arthur of Guenever, 64; 74; falls in a dotage on Nimue, 75; a devil’s son, ib.; is found under a stone, 78; 85, 162, 242, 299; made the Round Table in tokening of the roundness of the world, 366.
Mickle, much, 26.
Milan, 110.
Miles, 44, 74.
Minster, 349.
Minstrel, 267.
Miscreant, misbeliever, 487.
Moises land, marquis of, 109.
Mondrames, 356.
Mordrains, king, 394, 406.
Mordred, Sir, 49, 57, 115, 116, 128, 199, 229, 248, 261, 274, 279, 336, 412, 421, 435, 448; takes Arthur sad news, 457; will make trouble, 469; has the rule of Arthur’s land, 470; usurps England, and tries to wed Guenever, 474; is beaten by Arthur, 476; is killed, 479.
Morgan le Fay (Arthur’s sister), 27, 44, 57, 78, 80, 83; wishes to slay her husband, 85; shapes herself, horse and man, unto a stone, 86; 113, 189, 193, 220, 235, 237, 263, 270, 326, 328; takes Arthur, 481.
Morganore, king, 38, 449.
Morganore, Sir, 37, 177.
Morgawse, queen (Arthur’s sister), 56, 139; the fairest, 208.
Morians, 40.
Moris, Sir, 105.
Moris de la Roche, 37.
Morris, forest of, 232.
Mortaise, water of, 149; 371, 401.
Mountenance, extent, 131, 256.
Nabon le Noire, Sir, 192.
Nacien (the hermit), 352; says how the quest should be made, 353; 375; interprets dreams, 380; 394.
Nanowne le Petite, Sir, 192.
Nappus, 375.
Naram, 48.
Nauntes, city of, 42.
Navy, 101, 267, 475.
Ne, nor, 99.
Nentres, of Garlot, king, 27, 31, 35, 36, 42, 448.
Nero, 42, 55.
Neroreneus, Sir, 455, 469.
Nerovens de Lile, Sir, 201, 202, 449.
Nigramous, lady of the castle, 125.
Nigromancy, 27.
Nimue, 73; Merlin falls in a dotage on, 75; 94, 210, 418, 449, 481.
Nobley, splendour, 244.
Normandy, duke of, 469.
Northfolk, 477.
Northgalis, queen of, 113; king of, 114; 116, 125, 128, 219, 222, 228, 270, 275, 277, 305; queen of, 326; king of, 419; 428, 434; queen of, 481.
Northumberland, 41, 50, 51, 63, 152, 286; king of, 420; 434.
Noseling, on his nose, 395.
Noyous, injurious, 398.
Nunnery, 27, 185.
Nuns, 84, 85, 348.
Ontzlake, Sir, 79, 81.
Orgule, pride, 485.
Orgulous, haughty, 475.
Orgulous, castle, 199.
Orkney, queen of, 150, 151, 153, 158.
Osanna, Sir, 96.
Ossaise of Surluse, Sir, 281.
Ouche, jewelled ornament, 465.
Out Isles, queen of, 113.
Overthwart, across, 134, 143.
Ozana le Cure Hardy, Sir, 248, 250, 421, 438, 484.
Pageant, 316.
Palamides the Saracen, Sir, 43, 139, 152, 168, 179, 185, 199, 207, 225, 227, 234, 240; follows the questing beast, 250; 253, 256, 275, 287; hates Sir Tristram, 292; slays two knights, 299; 304; justs with Sir Ector, 305; is a traitor, 312; his woe, 318; sees his faded visage in a well, 323; 345, 413, 421, 434, 455, 468; made a duke, 469.
Paltock (paletot), a coat with sleeves, 108.
Pampoille, country of, 100.
Paradise, 108, 395.
Pardiak, earl of, 469.
Paris, 104, 105, 108.
Parliament is called, 469, 474.
Pase, earl of, 272.
Passe-Brewel (Tristram’s horse), 220.
Patrise, Sir, is poisoned, 413; 418.
Pavia, 110.
Payarne, country of, 33.
Paynim, 231, 280, 356.
Pedivere, Sir, cuts his wife’s head off, 127; 329.
Pellam of Listengise, king, 59, 63.
Pellandris, 204.
Pelleas, Sir, 89; smites down ten knights, 90; 98, 122, 418, 435, 438, 449.
Pelles, king, 326, 330, 351, 375, 395, 404, 407.
Pellinore, king, 43, 46, 48, 56, 66, 72, 75; sent for by Arthur to go with him to fight, 76; 193, 218, 256, 334, 393.
Pellogris, 204.
Pellounes, Sir, 221.
Pelownes, castle of, 321.
Pelowres, Pillers, men who fight for pillage, 281.
Pendragon, castle of, 201, 202.
Pensel, small flag, 280.
Pentecost, 30; feast of, 97; 98, 125, 128, 148, 345; feast of, and holy graile, 353; 432.
Percard, Sir, 134; the black knight, 138; 149.
Perch, pierce, 184.
Percivale de Galis, Sir, 47, 139, 152, 259; seeks Sir Tristram, 284; 287, 333; prays, 337; 342, 350, 362; comes to a recluse, 365; one of the men that most believed in Christ, 369; punishes his own flesh, 372; 393, 398; lays his dead sister in a barge, 401; dies, 410; 448.
Perclose, enclosure, 367.
Perdy (per Dieu), truly, 144, 155.
Perigot (peregrine), a kind of falcon, 125.
Perigot, earl of, 469.
Perimones, Sir (the red knight), 138, 148, 153, 160, 449; is slain, 459.
Perin de la Montaine, 273.
Perin de Mountbeliard, 58.
Peris de Forest Savage, Sir, 119.
Peron, tombstone, 239.
Persant of Inde, Sir, 137, 139, 140, 148, 151, 153, 160, 413, 438, 449.
Persides de Bloise, Sir, 221, 226, 228; bound to a stone, 335.
Pertilope, Sir, 449, 459.
Pertolepe, Sir (the green knight), 138, 148, 160.
Peschour, king, 363.
Petchere, lord, 351.
Petersaint, land of, 110.
Petipase of Winchelsea, Sir, 70, 152, 448.
Phariance, Sir, 33, 38, 41.
Phelot, Sir, 125.
Pight, pitched, 25.
Pike, take away, 237, 468.
Piller, plunderer, 479.
Pillounes, 204.
Pinel, 36.
Pinel le Savage, Sir, tries to poison Sir Gawaine, 413; flies, 418.
Placidas, Sir, 34.
Plaine de Amoure, Sir, 203.
Plaine de Force, Sir, 203, 449.
Plains, earl of, 388.
Pleasance, land of, 110.
Plenorius, Sir, 203, 205, 449, 455, 469.
Pluere, castle of (weeping castle), 181.
Plump, clump of trees, 40.
Poictiers, duke of, 469.
Pointment, appointment, 478.
Pomitain, island of, 277.
Pope of Rome, 127, 284; threatens Arthur, 464.
Portingale, country of, 100.
Potestate, 106.
Pounce, country, 100.
Priamus, Sir, 108; is christened, and made a knight of the Table Round, 110; 448; is slain, 459.
Pricker, light rider, 108.
Pricking, riding, 368.
Pridam le Noire, 382, 383.
Prise, the note blown on the death of the stag, 79.
Prisoner, 231.
Provence, duke of the, 469.
Prowess, 78, 79, 82, 104.
Pursuivants, messengers, 219.
Purvey, provide, 28, 49.
Quarel, a bolt from a crossbow, 330.
Querne, duke of, 469.
Quest, 43, 75, 196, 198, 230, 286.
Questing, baying, giving tongue as hounds do, 43, 207, 250.
Rack of bulls, herd, 378.
Raines, a town in Brittany, famous for fine cloth, 485.
Ransack, examine, 104.
Rash, tear off (arracher), 118. Also rush.
Rasure, cutting wind, 437.
Raynold, Sir, 122.
Rechate, recal, 286.
Recreant, 82, 83.
Red Castle, 96. Powys Castle, so called in Welsh.
Red City, 296, 298.
Rede, counsel, 157, 443.
Reynold, Sir, 448.
Rience of North Wales, king, 41, 42. See Ryons.
Rivage, shore, 409.
Roche-dure, 237.
Rochester, bishop of, 464.
Rock, lady of the, 96.
Roerge, earl of, 469.
Romans, 99; fight with the Britons, 104.
Rome, 111, 127, 161.
Rome, emperor of, 45, 98.
Rome, growl, roar, 101.
Roted, practised, 271.
Rounspik, a branch with other branches growing out of it, 126.
Rowse, duke de la, 156, 160.
Ryons, king, 48, 52; brought to Arthur, 55. See Rience.
Sacring, consecrating, 367.
Sad, heavy: Sadly, steadily, 435.
Sadok, Sir, 152, 268, 283, 304, 448, 469.
Safere, Sir, 152, 253, 256, 270, 278, 320, 413, 421, 435, 455, 468.
Sagramore le Desirous, Sir, 96, 123, 127, 152, 169, 174, 176, 219, 226, 241, 273, 302, 333, 399, 421, 438, 448.
Sagwarides, Sir, 152, 172, 192, 194, 253, 295; is slain, 459.
Saint Michael’s mount, a famous place of pilgrimage in Normandy, 102.
Saint Stephen’s, church of, 56, 66.
Salisbury, 57, 411, 477.
Samite, rich silk sometimes interwoven with gold or silver, 370.
Sanam, earl, 41.
Sandwich, 100, 101, 111, 467.
Sangreal (Sancgreal, the holy greal, graale, or grail. See Introduction, p. xviii.), 57, 58; quest of, 60; book of, 63; adventures of, 64; 78, 98; quest of, 262; 326; is seen, 327; 329; what it is, 337; 340; Sir Galahad is to achieve it, 351; 361, 363, 366, 370, 379; appears not to sinners, 381; 403, 407, 409, 411; quest of, 483; its etymology, 491.
Saracens, 40, 42 (or infidels), 100; 104, 106; of Southland, 108; 187, 267, 279, 284, 356.
Sarpi, girdle, 465.
Sarras, city of, 356; 367, 401, 407; the spiritual place, 408.
Sasere, Sir, 139.
Sauseise, 275.
Scaffolds, 116, 136, 278.
Schedule, letter, 476.
Scotland, 30; king of, 31; 49, 97, 151; king of, 152; 168, 285, 333, 397; king of, 420; 447.
Scots, king of, 177, 434.
Scout-watch, 35.
Search, examine by a surgeon, 167.
Selises, 303.
Selises, Sir, 449, 455, 469.
Selivant, Sir, 338, 339.
Semound the Valiant, 276.
Sendal, cloth of, a thin silk, 106, 114.
Seneschal, the chief officer, whether of the household or of the dominions of a sovereign, 29, 232.
Sentonge, duke of, 469.
Sentraile, Sir, 449.
Sentraille de Lushon, Sir, 190.
Servage, Isle of, 192, 194.
Servause le Breuse, Sir, 448.
Sessoin (perhaps Soissons), Saxony, 263; people, 264; Sessoyne, land of, 105.
Severn, river, 359.
Sewer, the officer who set on the dishes and tasted them, 160.
Shaftmon, a measure from the top of the extended thumb to the other end of the fist or palm, about six inches, 147.
Shawe, thicket, 233.
Shend, damage, 470.
Shenship, 346.
Shent, confounded, disgraced, 141.
Sherwood, forest of, 41.
Shield, 236, 237.
Ship, 79.
Shrew, rascal, scamp, 280.
Shrewd, evil, 217.
Siege Perilous, 66, 326; sat in by Galahad, 348; 349; taken by Sir Galahad, 350; 366.
Siege, seat, 65, 78, 137.
Simeon, 406.
Sith, since, 361.
Sithen, since, 118.
Slade, 132.
Slake, ditch, ravine, 114.
Soil, To go to, hunting term for taking to the water, 433.
Soleise, king of, 76.
Solomon, 395, 397.
Sondes, sendings, messages, 475.
Sorceress, 447.
Sorhaute, 42.
Sorlouse of the Forest, 67.
Soul, how it left the body, 280.
Southfolk, 477.
South Marches, duke of, 95.
Southsex, 268, 477.
Sowdan of Surrey, 106.
Spain, 446.
Spaniards, 100.
Spere, ask, 362.
Spolute, 110.
Stalk, a hunting term, 433.
Stole, part of a priest’s dress, worn round the neck, 373.
Stonied, stunned, 132.
Stour, battle, 383, 463.
Straight Marches, king of the, 307.
Straked, blew a horn, 215.
Sue, follow, 361.
Suffragan, 347.
Supper, 79.
Suppinabiles, Sir, 191, 449.
Suppings, 215.
Surgeons, 106, 167.
Surlat, earldom of, 469.
Surluse, country of, 203, 234, 274, 280, 286, 293, 302.
Surrey, 477.
Surrie, country of, 100.
Sword, 28, 29; in the red stone, 349; 393.
Swough, sound, 100.
Table Round, 30, 41, 64, 66, 77, 78, 95, 98, 100, 101, 106, 109, 111, 112, 115, 117, 118; one hundred and fifty the complement of, 128; 149, 152, 154, 158, 164, 173, 195, 202; feast of, 241; 258, 282, 287, 304, 315; is to be broken, 327; 350; Arthur’s fear of, 353; is entered into the quest, 363; 389; more than half the knights are slain, 405; the remnant meets again, 411; 423, 434, 438; the knights’ names, 448; fellowship of the, broken for ever, 457; 469, 487.
Taches, qualities, disposition, 163.
Tallages, taxes, 99.
Tarce, country of, 100.
Taulas, 96.
Tauleas (a giant), 214.
Taulurd (a giant), 96.
Teen, grief, 107.
Terrabil, castle of, 25, 26, 53, 56.
Thames, river, 431, 440.
Thrall, 361.
Thring, push, press, 459.
Thrull, pierce, 200.
Tintagil, duke of, 25; 26; castle of (a castle in Cornwall, the ruins of which still exist), 26; 120, 164, 167, 172, 213, 233, 262, 283.
Tirre, Sir, 420, 425, 430.
To brast, To-shiver, &c., break to pieces, 331.
Tolleme la Feintes, king, 356.
Tor (the cowherd’s son), 65, 69, 75; is chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; 152; (called) Sir Tor le Fise de Vayshoure, 209; 259, 448; is slain, 459.
Tor le Fise Aries, Sir, 247.
Tournament, 153, 168, 223, 283, 385, 434.
Trasing and rasing, dodging and striking, 117.
Travers, At, coming across them, 407.
Treason, 177; what it included, 414; its punishment, 457.
Tremble, port of, 110.
Trent, 30, 35.
Trest, 433; a term of hunting, the technical meaning of which I cannot find: but the word is in Romance the participle of Trere, tirer, trahere.
Trian, Sir, 246.
Trinity, Holy, 356, 409.
Tristram de Liones, Sir, 54, 89, 96; kills Sir Marhaus, 98; 101, 122, 135, 139, 152, 160; why he was so named, 162; book of, 163; overcomes Sir Marhaus, 166; calls himself Tramtrist, 168; 171, 175, 178; kills Sir Brunor and his lady, 183; 187, 190; marries, 191; 194, 205, 209; goes mad, 212; recounts his adventures, 216; is a devil and no man, 224; justs with Sir Launcelot, 227; is imprisoned, 231; 234, 238, 244, 252, 258; at Tintagil, 264; fights Sir Elias, 266; attempt to kill, 283; is the best chaser and horn-blower: all good terms of venery and hunting came from, 286, 291; sees the dead knight with a letter, 294; justs at Lonazep, 304; Sir Palamides envies, 313; smites down Arthur, 316; has a wound six inches deep, 325; 345, 448.
Troilus, 467.
Truage, tribute, 98.
Truss, take up, pack up, make ready, 369, 469.
Turkey, country of, 100.
Turks, 487.
Turnance, Isle of, 394.
Turquine, Sir, 112; is killed by Sir Launcelot, 118; 127, 152.
Tursauk, earl of, 469.
Tuscany, warriors of, 100; country of, 107; 110.
Ubbley, sacramental bread, 408.
Ulbause, earl, 448.
Ulbawes of Surluse, earl, 281.
Ulfin, Sir, 392.
Ulfius, Sir, seeks Merlin, 26; 28, 30, 33, 36, 44.
Umbecast, cast about, 433.
Umberere, the part of the helmet which shaded the eyes, 197.
Underne, Undorne, nine in the morning, 144, 463.
Unhappy, causing ill luck, 479.
Unnethe, scarcely, 92.
Unwimple, to uncover, to show, 273.
Unwrast, untwisted, unbound, 190.
Urbine, city of, 110.
Urein, 310.
Urience of the land of Gore, king, 448.
Uriens, king (Arthur’s brother-in-law), 27, 31, 35, 37, 42, 57; chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; 79; his wife wants to kill him, 85; 87, 152, 379, 434.
Urre, Sir, 446; made a knight of the Table Round, 450; 455, 468, 469.
Utas, eighth day of a festival, 100.
Utas of Hilary, 100.
Uther Pendragon, sends for Tintagil, lays siege to Terrabil, 25; sees Merlin, 26; marries Igraine, 27; dies, 28; 30, 31, 43, 44, 64, 121.
Utterance, uttermost (outrance), 199.
Uwaine le Blanchemains, Sir (king Uriens’ son), 85; suspected and sent from court 87; fights Sir Marhaus, 88; smites thirty knights, 96; 97, 99, 123, 127, 152, 230, 232, 238, 248, 256, 279, 302, 333, 355.
Uwaine les Adventurous, 248.
Uwaine les Avoutres, Sir, 152, 361, 379, 448.
Vagon, castle of, lord of, 354.
Vains, 273.
Vale, earl de, 373.
Vale, king of the, 76.
Varlet, servant, 290.
Vawse, lady de, 95.
Venery, hunting, 163.
Ventails, breathing holes, 295.
Vermins, 286.
Vicecount, vale of, 110.
Villiars, Sir, 448, 455, 469.
Viterbe, 110.
Wade, 135.
Waits, watchmen, 156.
Wales, 27, 30, 31, 49, 76; king of, 77; march of, 96; 97; west, 99; 128, 161, 168, 192, 194, 205, 209, 219, 262, 284, 286, 333, 375.
Wallop, gallop, 45, 72.
Wandesborow, 40; castle of, 42.
Wap, strike, move quickly, 480. Mr. Tennyson renders ‘Wap and wan’ by ‘lapping on the crag.’
Warison, reward, 216.
Waste Lands, queen of the, 365; takes Arthur, 481.
Web of lead, a thin sheet of, 485.
Weeds, dress, 308, 399.
Weld, possess, 151.
Well, Galahad’s, 406.
Wend, thought, 97.
Werwolf, a man turned into a wolf by magic, 449.
Westminster, 414, 416; church of, 418; 431, 437; bridge, 440; 444.
Wight, active, brave, 135, 200.
Williars le Valiant, Sir, 484, 487.
Winchester (i. e. Camelot), 63; 127, 344, 418, 427, 474.
Windesan, city of, 42.
Windsor, 412; forest of, 433.
Wisshard, Sir, 107, 108.
Witch, 31.
Witchcraft, 51.
Wood, mad, 332.
Worship, honour, 197, 415.
Worts, herbs, 379.
Wrake, wrack, destruction, 451.
York, parliament held at, 100.
Yule, Christmas, 108.