The Name of Kayrrud in the Franklin's Tale

Author / Editor
Breeze, Andrew.

Title
The Name of Kayrrud in the Franklin's Tale

Published
ChauR 37 : 95-99, 2002.

Description
"Kayrrud," the home of Arveragus in FranT, refers not to a "red fort," as Tatlock suggested (1914), but to "Kairiud," a fishing village "one mile east of Penmarch Head." Chaucer's knowledge of Middle Breton was more precise than commentators have supposed.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.