Dagon ... sea-monster, upward man
And downward fish.
Milton,
Paradise Lost
, i. 457, etc. (1665).
Dag'onet (Sir), King Arthur's fool. One day Sir Dagonet, with two squires, came to Cornwall, and as they drew near a well Sir Tristram soused them all three in, and dripping wet made them mount their horses and ride off, amid the jeers of the spectators (pt. ii. 60).
King Arthur loved Sir Dagonet passing well,
and made him knight; with his own hands; and
at every tournament he made King Arthur
laugh.—Sir T. Malory,