Chaucer's Play on the Word 'Beere' in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Dean, Christopher.

Title
Chaucer's Play on the Word 'Beere' in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Chaucer Review 15 (1981): 224-26.

Description
Middle English "beere" could mean "bear," "bier," or "pillow." The first of these is impossible in the context of TC 2.1638, but both other meanings are probably there: Pandarus ironically foreshadows Troilus's death, and he also foresees the hero in bed with Criseyde, his "pillow."

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.