'Upon the Viritoot': A Chaucerian Portmanteau

Author / Editor
Singman, Jeffrey L.

Title
'Upon the Viritoot': A Chaucerian Portmanteau

Published
English Language Notes 31:2 (1993): 1-7.

Description
The "viritoot" of MilT 3870 is probably a top used in a game. The word caused Chaucer's scribes considerable difficulty and might be a nonce-word. The image conveys Absolon's mental and physical energy.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.
Language and Word Studies.