Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars,' Line 145: 'Venus valunse'

Author / Editor
Laird, Edgar (S.)

Title
Chaucer's 'Complaint of Mars,' Line 145: 'Venus valunse'

Published
Philological Quarterly 51 (1972): 486-89.

Description
Explores the astrological term "valunse" as it seems to mean something approximating lack, want, or non-being, used by Chaucer in this sense at Mars, line 145.

Chaucer Subjects
Complaint of Mars
Language and Word Studies