"Worly under Wede" in "Sir Thopas"
- Author / Editor
- Burrow, John.
"Worly under Wede" in "Sir Thopas"
- Published
- Chaucer Review 3.3 (1969): 170-73.
- Description
- Argues that "as a better joke," "worly" is preferable to "worthy" in Tho (7.917). The latter appears to be "scribal normalization" of Chaucer's mocking of a "well-worn native" word.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Sir Thopas
- Language and Word Studies
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies