'Troilus and Criseyde,' III 1460, 'Pourynge'

Author / Editor
Matheson, Lister M.

Title
'Troilus and Criseyde,' III 1460, 'Pourynge'

Published
Notes and Queries 224 (1979): 203.

Description
The line reads "Thy pourynge ('vrr.' pouryng, powringe) in wol nowher lat hem dwelle." All evidence--context, lexicographical, manuscript--indicates that it means "peering-in, gazing-in," from ME "pouren"; and not "pouring-in."

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.