The Meanings of Middle English "Wight."

Author / Editor
Farrell, Thomas J.

Title
The Meanings of Middle English "Wight."

Published
Chaucer Review 50.1-2 (2015): 178–97.

Description
Argues that in CT, "wight" could indeed mean a supernatural being and refer to Jesus Christ as Creator, which questions a long-standing editorial emendation by E. Talbot Donaldson in WBP, 117.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
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