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Gender Feminine
Usage Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Other Forms FormsHerzeleide (modern German form), Herzeloide (variant spelling)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Middle High German words herze meaning "heart" and leit meaning "grief, sorrow, suffering".In German literature, this is the name of the mother of the eponymous character of the 13th-century Arthurian poem Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach.