A Pun in 'The Franklin's Tale' 942: 'Withouten coppe he drank al his penaunce'
- Author / Editor
- Pearcy, Roy J.
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.