Locrin or Locrine (2 syl.)

Father of Sabriʹna, and eldest son of the mythical Brutus, King of ancient Britain. On the death of his father he became king of Loeʹgria (q.v.). (Geoffrey: Brit. Hist., ii. 5.)

“Virgin daughter of Locrine,

Sprung from old Anchisesʹ line,”

Milton: Comus, 942–3.

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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.