Astromye in the Miller's Tale Yet Again
- Author / Editor
- Huntsman, Jeffrey F.
Astromye in the Miller's Tale Yet Again
- Published
- Notes and Queries, 227 (1982): 237.
- Description
- Although N. F. Blake (N&Q 224:110-11 and Thomas W. Ross N&Q 226:202) assert that the Miller's use of "astromye" reflects his literacy, it seems likely that the form existed as a plausible variant. The B text of "Piers Plowman" also contains sixteen references to the form.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.