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Meliaʹdus (King)

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Father of Tristan; he was drawn to a chase par mal engin et negromance of a fay who was in love with him, and from whose thraldom he was ultimately released by the power of the great enchanter Merlin. (Tristan de Leonois, a romance; 1489.)

 

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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.

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Melancholy Jacques
Melanchthon
Melantius
Melanuros
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Melchisedeoians
Meleager
Melesigenes
Meletians
Meliadus (King)
Melibeus or Melibe
Melibœan Dye
Melicertes
Melior
Melisendra
Melissa (in Orlando Furioso)
Mell Supper
Mellifiuous Doctor (The)
Melon
Melons (French)