Lot 2

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
11/20/2020, 10:42 PM	Mike C	update #109
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
9/1/2013, 10:30 PM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine

Usage Arthurian Romance

Meaning & History

From the name of the region of Lothian in southern Scotland, of unknown meaning. A king of Lothian by this name appears in early Latin and Welsh texts (as Leudonus and Lewdwn respectively). He was inserted into Arthurian legend by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, who makes him the father of Gawain.