arch. The name of a lady in the romance ‘Mirror of Knighthood,’ used allusively for: A lady-love, a mistress.
[1585. R. P., trans. Mirr. Knighthd., I. II. xxi. (1599), 75. Beeing with childe by the Emperour [Alicandro] … she was delyuered at one birth of a sonne and a daughter,… the Damsell is called Lindabrides, and the Knight Meridian.
1599. B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev., III. iii. Amo. Lindabrides! Aso. I, sir, the Emperour Alicandroes daughter.
1633. Rowley, Match at Midnight, II. E.]
1640. Shirley, Love’s Cruelty, II. i. One that I would love and honour above all, my lady-paramount and superintendent Lindabrides.
1663. Killigrew, Parson’s Wedd., IV. i. Such a woman is my wife, and no Lindabrides.
1670. Moral State Eng., 29. When he is laid to sleep, his Landabrides and his dear friend divide the spoil.
1821. Scott, Kenilw., ii. I will visit his Lindabrides, by Saint George, be he willing or no.
