Arthurian Scribal Error

At least two popular modern names have arisen from French scribes wrongly copying Middle Welsh names as Arthurian stories, originally written in Welsh, were adapted, extended and completely rewritten in French after the Norman Conquest. The first name was ‘Gereint’ (Modern Welsh ‘Geraint’) which was copied as ‘Gareth’. And so ‘Gareth’ is not an original…