Chaucer's Sad and its Related Words

Author / Editor
Takamiya, Toshiyuki

Title
Chaucer's Sad and its Related Words

Published
Key-Word Studies in "Beowulf" and Chaucer 1 (1980): 59-65.

Description
Examines Chaucer's use of "sad" in his works. The manuscript reading in ROM A211 makes it clear that he probably did not bear in mind the modern meaning of "sorrowful" or "mourning."

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Romaunt of the Rose.