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Lindabrides arch.|lɪnˈdæbrɪdiːz|
The name of a lady in the romance ‘Mirror of Knighthood,’ used allusively for: A lady-love, a mistress.
[1585R. P. tr. Mirr. Knighthd. i. ii. xxi. (1599) 75 Beeing with childe by the Emperour [Alicandro].. she was delyuered at one birth of a sonne and a daughter,..the Damsell is called Lindabrides, and the Knight Meridian. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. iii. iii, Amo. Lindabrides! Aso. I, sir, the Emperour Alicandroes daughter. 1633Rowley Match at Midnight ii. E.] 1640Shirley Love's Cruelty ii. i, One that I would love and honour above all, my lady-paramount and superintendent Lindabrides. 1663Killigrew Parson's Wedd. iv. i, Such a woman is my wife, and no Lindabrides. 1670Moral State Eng. 29 When he is laid to sleep, his Landabrides and his dear friend divide the spoil. 1821Scott Kenilw. ii, I will visit his Lindabrides, by Saint George, be he willing or no. |