VORTIGERN

Meaning of VORTIGERN in English

Vortigern BrE AmE ˈvɔːt ɪ ɡɜːn -ɪɡ ə n AmE \ ˈvɔːrt̬ ɪ ɡɝːn

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VORTIGERN — also spelled Wyrtgeorn flourished 425, -450 king of the Britons at the time of the arrival of the Saxons under …
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MERLIN — enchanter and wise man in Arthurian legend and romance of the Middle Ages, linked with personages in ancient Celtic mythology …
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KENT — administrative, geographic, and historic county of England, lying along the English Channel at the southeastern extremity of Great Britain. A …
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IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY — born 1777 died April 17, 1835, London, Eng. English forger of Shakespearean works. Ireland was the son (perhaps illegitimate) of …
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HENGIST AND HORSA — Hengist also spelled Hengest (respectively d. c. 488; d. 455?), brothers and legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in …
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GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH — died 1155 medieval English chronicler and bishop of St. Asaph (1152), whose major work, the Historia regum Britanniae (History of …
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ANGLO-SAXON — any member of the Germanic peoples that inhabited and ruled England from the 5th century AD to the time of …
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UTHER PENDRAGON — [Arthurian] In Geoffrey of Monmouth, the father of Arthur. Uther spent his youth in exile in Breton with his elder …
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MERLIN — [Arthurian] Enchanter, wizard and prophet who oversees Arthur's conception and birth, enables his ascension and acts as high counsel to …
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GILDAS — [Arthurian] Northern monk who lived in the first half of the sixth century. He is the author of De Excidio …
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AURELIUS AMBROSIUS — [Arthurian] Uncle to Arthur in Geoffrey of Monmouth. Brother to Uther Pendragon and son of King Constantine, he is raised …
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AMBROSIUS AURELIANUS — [Arthurian] The sole fifth century Briton named by Gildas (author of 6th century De Excidio Britanniae) and one of the …
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ВОРТИГЕРН — Vortigern
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