A Pun in 'The Franklin's Tale' 942: 'Withouten coppe he drank al his penaunce'

Author / Editor
Pearcy, Roy J.

Title
A Pun in 'The Franklin's Tale' 942: 'Withouten coppe he drank al his penaunce'

Published
Notes and Queries 220 (1975): 198.

Description
The word coppe may derive from L. "culpa," "guilt," rather than from "cuppa," "cup."

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.
Language and Word Studies.