Definitions for Gawain

Gawain Ga·wain

Spelling: [gah-win, gaw-]
IPA: /ˈgɑ wɪn, ˈgɔ-/

Gawain is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in Gawain (aaginw).

Definitions for Gawain

noun

  1. Arthurian Romance. one of the knights of the Round Table: a nephew of King Arthur.

Examples for Gawain

Chretien de Troyes has Yvain and Gawain fighting anonymously for hours without stopping until night forces them to draw back.

She chided Gawain for his offishness, and begged him to kiss her, at least.

Sir Gawain's was marked with gold, but Sir Modred's was blank.

Beowulf might stand for the one side, Lancelot or Gawain for the other.

Then Sir Gawain bade them farewell and rode off, lightly singing.

It likewise mentions two visits of Gawain to the Grail Castle.

Gawain is less a personality than a piece of granite, a man “whose glory waxed / as times darkened.”

Gawain overcomes the magician, and, both unknowing, fights with Parzival.

As Gawain rides along the bank of a creek, he hears this sickening sound ringing from above.

He learns then that the seven brothers have been slain by Gawain, Gheriot, and Ywain.

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