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in reply to a message by Anna
The 14th century Italian novelist, Giovanni Boccaccio, was the first to popularize, in literature, the meek Griselda whose name became a synonym for patience. The tale was later translated by various other medieval writers, including Chaucer for his *The Clerk's Tale* in his *Canterbury Tales*.
The popularity of the tale through the successive ages led to multiple variations of the name, with "Zelda " and "Zelinda" being just a couple. Although the name means "gray battle-maid" in Latin/Old High German , since Chaucer's use of the character the name became an English Puritan "virtue name" due to its symbolism of meekness.
-- Nanaea
The popularity of the tale through the successive ages led to multiple variations of the name, with "Zelda " and "Zelinda" being just a couple. Although the name means "gray battle-maid" in Latin/Old High German , since Chaucer's use of the character the name became an English Puritan "virtue name" due to its symbolism of meekness.
-- Nanaea
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