The Confusion Between 'Thurven' and 'Durren' in Middle English
- Author / Editor
- Molencki, Rafal.
The Confusion Between 'Thurven' and 'Durren' in Middle English
- Published
- Nikolaus Ritt and Herbert Schendl, eds. Rethinking Middle English: Linguistic and Literary Approaches (New York and Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2005), pp. 147-60.
- Description
- Molencki traces the phonetic and semantic conflation of "dare" and" tharf," once distinct verbs, now obsolete. Scribal errors contributed to the obsolescence of "tharf" and its replacement with the more flexible OE "neden." The essay draws examples from WBP, SumT, Mel, ParsT, and TC.
- Alternative Title
- Rethinking Middle English: Linguistic and Literary Approaches.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.