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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