Explore Uther through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Uther meaning
The father of King Arthur.
Using Uther
- The main meaning on this page is: The father of King Arthur.
- In the example corpus, uther often appears in combinations such as: uther pendragon, king uther, and uther.
Context around Uther
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Uther
- In this selection, "uther" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, king, helped, merlin, pendragon, fathers and seemingly stand out and add context to how "uther" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ambrosius and uther are supposedly and armesto king uther pendragon is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "uther" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with uther
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Early on, Arthur pronounces himself the Son of Uther Pendragon. (10 words)
Played by Sebastian Armesto, King Uther Pendragon is the current reigning monarch of Britain. (14 words)
He is poisoned soon after becoming High King of Britain, and Uther succeeds him. (14 words)
On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and fights a series of battles, similar to those in the Historia Brittonum, culminating in the Battle of Bath. (34 words)
In episode 1, Uther fathers a new heir named Mordred, but shortly after the child is born, Merlin (Nathaniel Martello-White) has a terrifying vision of what will happen if Mordred becomes King. (33 words)
Iain De Caestecker's as Arthur, the illegitimate son of King Uther Pendragon (Eddie Marsan), who is banished from Britain but returns years later when his father's kingdom comes under threat. (32 words)
Example sentences (16)
Eddie Marsan () plays Arthur's father, High King Uther, a man with immense power over almost everyone, save Merlin.
Iain De Caestecker's as Arthur, the illegitimate son of King Uther Pendragon (Eddie Marsan), who is banished from Britain but returns years later when his father's kingdom comes under threat.
In episode 1, Uther fathers a new heir named Mordred, but shortly after the child is born, Merlin (Nathaniel Martello-White) has a terrifying vision of what will happen if Mordred becomes King.
Early on, Arthur pronounces himself the Son of Uther Pendragon.
He summons Merlin the Magician (Gustaf Skarsgård) to help end the hunger, but the wizard is a drunk, a debtor and, unbeknownst to Uther, seemingly has lost his magic.
Instead, Igraine is unable to conceive and Uther turns to the dark magic of a sorceress named Nimueh to bear them a child.
Played by Sebastian Armesto, King Uther Pendragon is the current reigning monarch of Britain.
She has designs on Cumber the Ice King's throne, who has his own sights set on Uther's after learning his claim on it is false.
A manuscript found in Bath from the 1420s simply records a "Merlyn" as having helped Uther Pendragon with his "sotelness" or subtleness, presumably but not necessarily magic.
Ashley (2005), Geoffrey of Monmouth, unnumbered pages Ambrosius and Uther are supposedly raised by their adoptive maternal grandfather Guthelinus/Vitalinus.
He is later found in the forest of Northumberland by a follower of Uther's disguised as an ugly man and tending a great herd of beasts.
He is poisoned soon after becoming High King of Britain, and Uther succeeds him.
On Uther's death, the fifteen-year-old Arthur succeeds him as King of Britain and fights a series of battles, similar to those in the Historia Brittonum, culminating in the Battle of Bath.
The king sent Merlin, Uther Pendragon (Arthur's father), and 15,000 knights, to remove it from Ireland, where it had been constructed on Mount Killaraus by the Giants.
The poem relates that Mabon fab Mydron (a misspelling of Modron) is one of Arthur's followers, and is described as a "servant to Uther Pendragon ".
Wace usually only refers to li roi ("the king") without naming him, and someone has taken an early mention of Uther's epithet Pendragon as the name of his brother.
Common combinations with uther
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- uther pendragon 6×
- king uther 3×
- and uther 3×
- to uther 2×