The 'Viritoot' Crux in Chaucer's Miller's Tale

Author / Editor
Wentersdorf, Karl P.

Title
The 'Viritoot' Crux in Chaucer's Miller's Tale

Published
Chaucer Review 44 (2009): 110-13.

Description
The clear erotic context of the blacksmith's response to Absolon's late-night visit supports a gloss of "viritoot" as a derivation of "the Latin ablative cum virtute," meaning 'with manly ardor.'

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Miller and His Tale