Isolde
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- proper noun
- /ɪˈzoʊld/
- Literature
- For instance, one version of the Tristan and Isolde story may hail the lovers as heroic, while another stresses their deceit and treachery.
- Tristan and Isolde
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- So in that third fund, you know, let's call that Tristan and Isolde, right?
Examples
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Many stories feature Isolde as a central character, highlighting her romance with Tristan.
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In the story, Tristan's lady was Isolde.
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A few years later, Tristan is sent on a mission to fetch King Mark's future bride, who happens to be Isolde.
Academic text (1997) -
Have you ever read Tristan and Isolde, that profoundly un-Jewish love story?
Fiction book (1992) -
"The Death of Isolde" is the title of the painting by Frederich Sandys represented on the cover of Ferre's book.
Academic text (1997) -
A full orchestra begins to play the overture to Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
Fiction book (2002) -
Before the destination is reached, however, there is a huge storm at sea, during which Tristan and Isolde accidentally slake their thirst with that magical drink.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the legend, Isolde fell in love with Tristan after they drank a love potion.
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Isolde was known as the bride of the king of Cornwall in Arthurian romance.
Synonyms
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The wife of King Mark who falls in love with Tristan after they drink a love potion
Surface Forms
Etymology
Isolde is an old name from European legend, also seen as Iseult or Yseult, and it comes from very old Germanic and Celtic stories. A helpful way to remember Isolde is to picture the princess who drinks a love potion and falls deeply for Tristan, so the name now brings to mind 'tragic love'.