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Ynʹiol

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An earl of decayed fortune, father of Enid, ousted from his earldom by his nephew Edʹyrn, son of Nudd, called the “Sparrow-hawk.” When Edyrn was overthrown in single combat by Prince Geraintʹ, he was compelled to restore the earldom to Ynʹiol. (Tennyson: Idyls of the King; Enid.)

 

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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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