Merlyon

See also: merlyon

Middle English

Proper noun

Merlyon

1. (hypercorrect) alternative form of Merlyn
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 35, recto, lines 27–29:

     and ſo Merlyon wente forthe vnto kyng lodegean of Camylerde and tolde hym of the deſire of the kyng that þ^t he wolde haue vnto his wyff Gwenyu[er] his douȝt[er]

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