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Iseult

UK/ɪˈsuːlt/ US/ɪˈzuːlt/ uncommon

noun

1.

(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king''s nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other

Origin

Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).

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