'Phislophye' in 'The Reeve's Tale' (Hg 4050) in Answer to 'Astromye' in 'The Miller's Tale' (3451)

Author / Editor
Horobin, S. C. P.

Title
'Phislophye' in 'The Reeve's Tale' (Hg 4050) in Answer to 'Astromye' in 'The Miller's Tale' (3451)

Published
Notes and Queries 246: 109-10, 2001.

Description
Argues that "astromye" in MilT (1.3451 and 3457) is an authorial malapropism.

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