Le Morte Darthur
is put in prison, 285;
449.
Marrok, Sir, 105, 449.
Marsil, king, 277.
Mary, Saint, 384, 396, 399.
Masauke, earl of, 469.
Mass-penny, sum of money offered, 432.
Masteries, 129.
Matchcold, having holes within the parapet of the walls for pouring
stones or molten lead through, 135.
Matto le Breune, Sir, 213.
Maugre, in spite of, 72;
misfortune, 461.
Maurel, Sir, 105.
May,
when every lusty heart blossoms, 437;
451, 476.
May-day, 48.
Measle, disease, 400.
Meddle, mix, 294.
Meleaus, de Lile, Sir, 449.
Meliaganus, Sir, 152.
Meliagaunce, Sir (Bagdemagus’s son), 207, 275;
loves Guenever, 438;
fights for her, 439;
accuses her of treason, 443.
Meliagrance, Sir, is smitten by Sir Launcelot, 446.
Melias de Lile, Sir, 357, 359, 455, 469.
Meliganus, 154.
Meliodas, king of Liones, 161, 165, 172.
Melion de Tartare, Sir, 333.
Melion of the mountain, Sir, 448, 452.
Meliot, castle of, 57.
Meliot de Logres, Sir, 124, 128, 152, 421, 448, 452.
Meliot of Logurs, Sir, 73.
Melot de la Roche, 36.
Menaduke, Sir, 448, 455;
made an earl, 469.
Meniver, 338.
Merlin, 26;
met by Ulfius, _ib._;
sees Uther, _ib._, 27;
comes to Carlion, 31;
34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46, 49, 52, 54;
deceives king Lot, 56;
63;
warns Arthur of Guenever, 64;
74;
falls in a dotage on Nimue, 75;
a devil’s son, _ib._;
is found under a stone, 78;
85, 162, 242, 299;
made the Round Table in tokening of the roundness of the world, 366.
Mickle, much, 26.
Milan, 110.
Miles, 44, 74.
Minster, 349.
Minstrel, 267.
Miscreant, misbeliever, 487.
Moises land, marquis of, 109.
Mondrames, 356.
Mordrains, king, 394, 406.
Mordred, Sir, 49, 57, 115, 116, 128, 199, 229, 248, 261, 274, 279,
336, 412, 421, 435, 448;
takes Arthur sad news, 457;
will make trouble, 469;
has the rule of Arthur’s land, 470;
usurps England, and tries to wed Guenever, 474;
is beaten by Arthur, 476;
is killed, 479.
Morgan le Fay (Arthur’s sister), 27, 44, 57, 78, 80, 83;
wishes to slay her husband, 85;
shapes herself, horse and man, unto a stone, 86;
113, 189, 193, 220, 235, 237, 263, 270, 326, 328;
takes Arthur, 481.
Morganore, king, 38, 449.
Morganore, Sir, 37, 177.
Morgawse, queen (Arthur’s sister), 56, 139;
the fairest, 208.
Morians, 40.
Moris, Sir, 105.
Moris de la Roche, 37.
Morris, forest of, 232.
Mortaise,
water of, 149;
371, 401.
Mountenance, extent, 131, 256.
Nabon le Noire, Sir, 192.
Nacien (the hermit), 352;
says how the quest should be made, 353;
375;
interprets dreams, 380;
394.
Nanowne le Petite, Sir, 192.
Nappus, 375.
Naram, 48.
Nauntes, city of, 42.
Navy, 101, 267, 475.
Ne, nor, 99.
Nentres, of Garlot, king, 27, 31, 35, 36, 42, 448.
Nero, 42, 55.
Neroreneus, Sir, 455, 469.
Nerovens de Lile, Sir, 201, 202, 449.
Nigramous, lady of the castle, 125.
Nigromancy, 27.
Nimue, 73;
Merlin falls in a dotage on, 75;
94, 210, 418, 449, 481.
Nobley, splendour, 244.
Normandy, duke of, 469.
Northfolk, 477.
Northgalis, queen of, 113;
king of, 114;
116, 125, 128, 219, 222, 228, 270, 275, 277, 305;
queen of, 326;
king of, 419;
428, 434;
queen of, 481.
Northumberland, 41, 50, 51, 63, 152, 286;
king of, 420;
434.
Noseling, on his nose, 395.
Noyous, injurious, 398.
Nunnery, 27, 185.
Nuns, 84, 85, 348.
Ontzlake, Sir, 79, 81.
Orgule, pride, 485.
Orgulous, haughty, 475.
Orgulous, castle, 199.
Orkney, queen of, 150, 151, 153, 158.
Osanna, Sir, 96.
Ossaise of Surluse, Sir, 281.
Ouche, jewelled ornament, 465.
Out Isles, queen of, 113.
Overthwart, across, 134, 143.
Ozana le Cure Hardy, Sir, 248, 250, 421, 438, 484.
Pageant, 316.
Palamides the Saracen, Sir, 43, 139, 152, 168, 179, 185, 199, 207,
225, 227, 234, 240;
follows the questing beast, 250;
253, 256, 275, 287;
hates Sir Tristram, 292;
slays two knights, 299;
304;
justs with Sir Ector, 305;
is a traitor, 312;
his woe, 318;
sees his faded visage in a well, 323;
345, 413, 421, 434, 455, 468;
made a duke, 469.
Paltock (paletot), a coat with sleeves, 108.
Pampoille, country of, 100.
Paradise, 108, 395.
Pardiak, earl of, 469.
Paris, 104, 105, 108.
Parliament is called, 469, 474.
Pase, earl of, 272.
Passe-Brewel (Tristram’s horse), 220.
Patrise, Sir,
is poisoned, 413;
418.
Pavia, 110.
Payarne, country of, 33.
Paynim, 231, 280, 356.
Pedivere, Sir,
cuts his wife’s head off, 127;
329.
Pellam of Listengise, king, 59, 63.
Pellandris, 204.
Pelleas, Sir, 89;
smites down ten knights, 90;
98, 122, 418, 435, 438, 449.
Pelles, king, 326, 330, 351, 375, 395, 404, 407.
Pellinore, king, 43, 46, 48, 56, 66, 72, 75;
sent for by Arthur to go with him to fight, 76;
193, 218, 256, 334, 393.
Pellogris, 204.
Pellounes, Sir, 221.
Pelownes, castle of, 321.
Pelowres, Pillers, men who fight for pillage, 281.
Pendragon, castle of, 201, 202.
Pensel, small flag, 280.
Pentecost, 30;
feast of, 97;
98, 125, 128, 148, 345;
feast of, and holy graile, 353;
432.
Percard, Sir, 134;
the black knight, 138;
149.
Perch, pierce, 184.
Percivale de Galis, Sir, 47, 139, 152, 259;
seeks Sir Tristram, 284;
287, 333;
prays, 337;
342, 350, 362;
comes to a recluse, 365;
one of the men that most believed in Christ, 369;
punishes his own flesh, 372;
393, 398;
lays his dead sister in a barge, 401;
dies, 410;
448.
Perclose, enclosure, 367.
Perdy (per Dieu), truly, 144, 155.
Perigot (peregrine), a kind of falcon, 125.
Perigot, earl of, 469.
Perimones, Sir (the red knight), 138, 148, 153, 160, 449;
is slain, 459.
Perin de la Montaine, 273.
Perin de Mountbeliard, 58.
Peris de Forest Savage, Sir, 119.
Peron, tombstone, 239.
Persant of Inde, Sir, 137, 139, 140, 148, 151, 153, 160, 413, 438,
449.
Persides de Bloise, Sir, 221, 226, 228;
bound to a stone, 335.
Pertilope, Sir, 449, 459.
Pertolepe, Sir (the green knight), 138, 148, 160.
Peschour, king, 363.
Petchere, lord, 351.
Petersaint, land of, 110.
Petipase of Winchelsea, Sir, 70, 152, 448.
Phariance, Sir, 33, 38, 41.
Phelot, Sir, 125.
Pight, pitched, 25.
Pike, take away, 237, 468.
Piller, plunderer, 479.
Pillounes, 204.
Pinel, 36.
Pinel le Savage, Sir, tries to poison Sir Gawaine, 413;
flies, 418.
Placidas, Sir, 34.
Plaine de Amoure, Sir, 203.
Plaine de Force, Sir, 203, 449.
Plains, earl of, 388.
Pleasance, land of, 110.
Plenorius, Sir, 203, 205, 449, 455, 469.
Pluere, castle of (weeping castle), 181.
Plump, clump of trees, 40.
Poictiers, duke of, 469.
Pointment, appointment, 478.
Pomitain, island of, 277.
Pope of Rome, 127, 284;
threatens Arthur, 464.
Portingale, country of, 100.
Potestate, 106.
Pounce, country, 100.
Priamus, Sir, 108;
is christened, and made a knight of the Table Round, 110;
448;
is slain, 459.
Pricker, light rider, 108.
Pricking, riding, 368.
Pridam le Noire, 382, 383.
Prise, the note blown on the death of the stag, 79.
Prisoner, 231.
Provence, duke of the, 469.
Prowess, 78, 79, 82, 104.
Pursuivants, messengers, 219.
Purvey, provide, 28, 49.
Quarel, a bolt from a crossbow, 330.
Querne, duke of, 469.
Quest, 43, 75, 196, 198, 230, 286.
Questing, baying, giving tongue as hounds do, 43, 207, 250.
Rack of bulls, herd, 378.
Raines, a town in Brittany, famous for fine cloth, 485.
Ransack, examine, 104.
Rash, tear off (arracher), 118.
Also rush.
Rasure, cutting wind, 437.
Raynold, Sir, 122.
Rechate, recal, 286.
Recreant, 82, 83.
Red Castle, 96.
Powys Castle, so called in Welsh.
Red City, 296, 298.
Rede, counsel, 157, 443.
Reynold, Sir, 448.
Rience of North Wales, king, 41, 42. See Ryons.
Rivage, shore, 409.
Roche-dure, 237.
Rochester, bishop of, 464.
Rock, lady of the, 96.
Roerge, earl of, 469.
Romans, 99;
fight with the Britons, 104.
Rome, 111, 127, 161.
Rome, emperor of, 45, 98.
Rome, growl, roar, 101.
Roted, practised, 271.
Rounspik, a branch with other branches growing out of it, 126.
Rowse, duke de la, 156, 160.
Ryons, king, 48, 52;
brought to Arthur, 55.
See Rience.
Sacring, consecrating, 367.
Sad, heavy: Sadly, steadily, 435.
Sadok, Sir, 152, 268, 283, 304, 448, 469.
Safere, Sir, 152, 253, 256, 270, 278, 320, 413, 421, 435, 455, 468.
Sagramore le Desirous, Sir, 96, 123, 127, 152, 169, 174, 176, 219,
226, 241, 273, 302, 333, 399, 421, 438, 448.
Sagwarides, Sir, 152, 172, 192, 194, 253, 295;
is slain, 459.
Saint Michael’s mount, a famous place of pilgrimage in Normandy, 102.
Saint Stephen’s, church of, 56, 66.
Salisbury, 57, 411, 477.
Samite, rich silk sometimes interwoven with gold or silver, 370.
Sanam, earl, 41.
Sandwich, 100, 101, 111, 467.
Sangreal
(Sancgreal, the holy greal, graale, or grail. See Introduction, p.
xviii.), 57, 58;
quest of, 60;
book of, 63;
adventures of, 64;
78, 98;
quest of, 262;
326;
is seen, 327;
329;
what it is, 337;
340;
Sir Galahad is to achieve it, 351;
361, 363, 366, 370, 379;
appears not to sinners, 381;
403, 407, 409, 411;
quest of, 483;
its etymology, 491.
Saracens, 40, 42 (or infidels), 100;
104, 106;
of Southland, 108;
187, 267, 279, 284, 356.
Sarpi, girdle, 465.
Sarras,
city of, 356;
367, 401, 407;
the spiritual place, 408.
Sasere, Sir, 139.
Sauseise, 275.
Scaffolds, 116, 136, 278.
Schedule, letter, 476.
Scotland, 30;
king of, 31;
49, 97, 151;
king of, 152;
168, 285, 333, 397;
king of, 420;
447.
Scots, king of, 177, 434.
Scout-watch, 35.
Search, examine by a surgeon, 167.
Selises, 303.
Selises, Sir, 449, 455, 469.
Selivant, Sir, 338, 339.
Semound the Valiant, 276.
Sendal, cloth of, a thin silk, 106, 114.
Seneschal, the chief officer, whether of the household or of the
dominions of a sovereign, 29, 232.
Sentonge, duke of, 469.
Sentraile, Sir, 449.
Sentraille de Lushon, Sir, 190.
Servage, Isle of, 192, 194.
Servause le Breuse, Sir, 448.
Sessoin (perhaps Soissons), Saxony, 263;
people, 264;
Sessoyne, land of, 105.
Severn, river, 359.
Sewer, the officer who set on the dishes and tasted them, 160.
Shaftmon, a measure from the top of the extended thumb to the other
end of the fist or palm, about six inches, 147.
Shawe, thicket, 233.
Shend, damage, 470.
Shenship, 346.
Shent, confounded, disgraced, 141.
Sherwood, forest of, 41.
Shield, 236, 237.
Ship, 79.
Shrew, rascal, scamp, 280.
Shrewd, evil, 217.
Siege Perilous, 66, 326;
sat in by Galahad, 348;
349;
taken by Sir Galahad, 350;
366.
Siege, seat, 65, 78, 137.
Simeon, 406.
Sith, since, 361.
Sithen, since, 118.
Slade, 132.
Slake, ditch, ravine, 114.