Meaning of Tristanian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to Sir Tristan, legendary Arthurian knight and tragic hero of the mediaeval romance Tristan and Iseult.
   not-comparable
2. Of or pertaining to the Atlantic archipelago Tristan da Cunha or its inhabitants.
   not-comparable

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“2001, Bonnie Wheeler, Fiona Tolhurst (editors), On Arthurian Women: Essays in Memory of Maureen Fries, Scriptorium Press, page 274, With this assumption, that Tintagel haunted Hardy from 1870 to 1923, it becomes possible to suggest that not only was his Tristanian work infused with his life-long themes, but that Tristanian themes may have subtly influenced his earlier works as well.”

“Although Brugger had already expressed this idea, it was because of Bedier's work that academics began to see Tristanian poems as unified literary works with a coherent narrative thread from the lovers' first meeting to their inevitable death:”

“One of the curiosities of Tristanian English is the inclusion of an 'h' at the start of words that begin with a vowel.”

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