Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Lambdin, R. T.
Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale'
- Published
- Explicator 47.3 (1989): 4-6.
- Description
- Questions the gloss of "gnof" (MilT 3188) in major editions of CT. In all of medieval literature, the word appears only here, and it cannot be elucidated from the context. The editor's gloss ("churl") is inconsistent with the behavior of John, whom it describes, and is weak etymologically. Lambdin suggests possible alternatives.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.
- Language and Word Studies.