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GERAINT

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology

Pronounced: GE-rient (Welsh), ji-RAYNT (English)   [key]

Meaning unknown, possibly a Welsh form of GERONTIUS. In Arthurian legend he was one of the knights of the Round Table. After he wrongly accused his wife Enid of infidelity she regained his love by being submissive.
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