iseult

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Definition of iseult in English English dictionary

(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

A female given name

Just as he finished, the daughter came in, Iseult. A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall.

{i} female first name; Isold, Irish princess who was the wife of the king of Cornwall and the lover of Tristan (knight of king of Cornwall)

Hyphenation

I·seult

Etymology

() From the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance; possibly from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, or from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”).