Governess of Brittany, rescued by Amʹadis of Gaul from the hands of Balan, “the bravest and strongest of all the giants.” (Amadis of Gaul, bk. iv. ch. 129.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.