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Literature | Lancelot du Lac One of the earliest romances of the "Round Table" (1494). Sir Lancelot was the son of King Ban of Benwicke, but was stolen in infancy by Vivienne, called "La Dame du Lac," who dwelt "en la marche de la petite Bretaigne;" she plunged with the babe into the lake, and when her protégé was grown into man's estate, presented him to King Arthur. The lake referred to was a sort of enchanted delusion to conceal her demesnes. Hence the cognomen of du Lac given to the knight. Sir Lancelot goes in search of the Grail or holy cup brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathe'a, and twice caught sight of it. (See Graal .) Though always represented in the Arthurian romances as the model of chivalry, Sir Lancelot was the adulterous lover of Guinevere, wife of King Arthur, his friend. At the close of his life the adulterous knight became a hermit, and died in the odour of sanctity. Sir Lancelot is meant for a model of fidelity, bravery, frailty in love, and repentance Sir Galahad of chastity; Sir Gawain of courtesy Sir Kay of a rude, boastful knight; and sir Modred of treachery. Sir Lancelot du Lac and Tarquin. Sir Lancelot, seeking some adventure, met a lady who requested him to deliver certain Knights of the Round Table from the power of Tarquin. Coming to a river, he saw a copper basin suspended to a tree, and struck at it so hard that the basin broke. This brought out Tarquin, when a furious encounter took place, in which Tarquin was slain, and Sir Lancelot liberated from durance "threescore knights and four, all of the Table Round." (Percy Reliques, etc., bk. ii. series 1.) Lancelot of the Laik. A Scottish metrical romance, taken from the French roman called Lancelot du Lac. Galiot, a neighbouring king, invades Arthur's territory, and captures the castle of Lady Melyhalt among others. Sir Lancelot goes to chastise Galiot, sees Queen Guinevere and falls in love with her. Sir Gawayne is wounded in the war, and Sir Lancelot taken prisoner. In the French romance, Sir Lancelot makes Galiot submit to Arthur, but the Scotch romance terminates with the capture of the knight. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: LANCELOT DU LAC |
| Specialty definitions using "LANCELOT DU LAC": Sagramour le Desirus. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Lancelot du Lac (1974) | |
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lancelot du lac | 3 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-l-l-l-n-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: unallocated. | |
-3 letters: calculated. | |
-4 letters: accentual, accounted, allocated, anecdotal, calculate, calendula, canulated, catcalled, landaulet. | |
-5 letters: accolade, acutance, aduncate, allocate, anecdota, autocade, caducean, calendal, canalled, canulate, cloudlet, collated, conclude, lacunate, loculate, occulted, oceanaut, outdance, tenacula, uncalled, uncoated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 4E 43 45 4C 4F 54 44 55 4C 41 43 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 01001100 01001111 01010100 00100000 01000100 01010101 00100000 01001100 01000001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A N C E L O T   D U   L A C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 004E 0043 0045 004C 004F 0054 0044 0055 004C 0041 0043 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4635483739464954238552463537 |
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