Chaucer's Use of 'Woad' in 'The Former Age'

Author / Editor
Purdon, L. O.

Title
Chaucer's Use of 'Woad' in 'The Former Age'

Published
Papers on Language and Literature 25 (1989): 216-19.

Description
Chaucer's reference to "wod" in "Form Age" 17 not only suggests England's flourishing dyeing industry (lacking in the former age) but also alludes to abuses of that trade.

Chaucer Subjects
Former Age.