Astrild

He told me Moon 'ad run when the _Astrild_ sloop was cruising among the South Seas three years back.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

Accordin 'to Quigley the _Astrild_ spent half her commission rompin' up the beach like a she-turtle, an 'the other half hatching turtles' eggs on the top o 'numerous reefs.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

Astrild (daughter of the king of Germany), who came to this island with

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

= Severn =, a corruption of Averne, daughter of Astrild.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

While Corineus lived he durst not offend him, so he married Gwendolen, but kept Astrild as his mistress, and had by her a daughter (Averne).

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

When Corineus died, he divorced Gwendolen, and declared Astrild queen, but Gwendolen summoned her vassals, dethroned Locryn, and caused both Astrild and Averne to be cast into the river, ever since called Severn fron [TN-168] Averne “the kinges dohter.”

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

I gropen uppå kinden satt Astrild, liten skalk, lik fjäriln, förd av vinden allt i en rosenkalk.

Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814