Troll. 1. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a round. 2. To sing in the manner of a catch or round, also in a full, jovial voice.
Vair. The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments.
Vantage coign. A position of advantage for observing or operating.
Ward. A guarding or defensive position or motion in fencing.
Warder. One who wards or keeps.
Whinyard. A short sword or knife.
[SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY.]
The Lady of the Lake is usually read in the first year of the high school course, and it is with this fact in mind that the following suggestions have been made. It is an excellent book with which to begin the study of the ordinary forms of poetry, of plot structure, and the simpler problems of description. For this reason in the exercises that follow the emphasis has been placed on these topics.