Uther
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English
Etymology
From Middle English Uther, from Middle Welsh Uthyr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uther
- (Arthurian legend) The father of King Arthur.
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Middle English
Etymology
From Middle Welsh Uthyr.
Proper noun
Uther
- Uther
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 35, recto, lines 11–16:
- ye ſeyde kyng Arthure I love Gwenyvere the kyngꝭ doughtir of lodegrean of þe londe of Camelerde the whyche holdyth In his houſe the table rounde that ye tolde me he had hit of my fadir Vther · And this dameſell is the moſte valyaunte and fayryſt that I know lyvyng, or yet that eu[er] I coude fynde
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Descendants
- English: Uther