Literary Loanwords from Old French in 'The Romaunt of the Rose': A Note
- Author / Editor
- Smith, Merete.
Literary Loanwords from Old French in 'The Romaunt of the Rose': A Note
- Published
- Chaucer Review 17 (1982): 89-93.
- Description
- It is commonly held that a large number of Old French loan words in Middle English were literary borrowings. However, a study of a restricted group (designating articles of dress and fabrics) shows that most such words were current before the influential translation (Chaucer's?) of the "Roman de la Rose" and that several others were nonce words that did not gain currency.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Romaunt of the Rose.