Lake Lomond

Roman de Brut

• attribution: Lake Lomond was described as passing wide and deep (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "Passing wide and deep is this fair mere"

• attestation: Sixty rivers flow into Lake Lomond from the surrounding hills and valleys (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "From the hills and valleys round about sixty rivers fall therein"

• attestation: Lake Lomond's waters drain to the sea through a single river (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "making together one sweet water, pass swiftly by a single river to the sea"

• attestation: Sixty islands lie on Lake Lomond, each home to eagle eyries (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "Sixty islands lie upon this water, the haunt and home of innumerable birds. Each island holds an eyrie"

• attestation: Lake Lomond's water from sixty rivers drains through a single outlet to the sea (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "making together one sweet water, pass swiftly by a single river to the sea"

• attestation: The islands on Lake Lomond were the haunt of innumerable birds (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "the haunt and home of innumerable birds"

• attestation: When evil invaders threaten the realm, the eagles of Lake Lomond gather and fight each other as an omen (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "When evil folk arrive to raven and devour the realm, then all these eagles gather themselves together"

• attestation: The fighting of eagles on Lake Lomond for one to four days portends destruction among men (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "the interpretation thereof portends horror and grim destruction amongst men"

• attestation: The eagles fight for one to four days before the omen takes effect (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "One day, or two days, three or four, the mighty birds will strive together"

• attestation: Evil invaders arriving to ravage the realm triggered the eagle omen on Lake Lomond (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "When evil folk arrive to raven and devour the realm"

• attestation: The eagles arranged themselves proudly against one another in their omen-fighting (Roman de Brut > Arthur's Realm and the Round Table)

  "arraying themselves proudly one against another"