English Explanatory Dictionary

Iseult

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈsuːlt/ /ɪˈzuːlt/

Word forms

Iseult Isolde

Etymology

Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).

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