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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French Gauvain
Proper noun
Gawayne
- (Arthurian legend) Gawain
1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //- Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agravain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”
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