Chaucer's "Miller's Tale," l. 3226.

Author / Editor
Hench, Atcheson L.

Title
Chaucer's "Miller's Tale," l. 3226.

Published
English Language Notes 3.2 (1965): 88-92.

Description
Argues that the phrase "been lyk a cokewold" (MilT 1.3226) means that John fears he is a cuckold, not that he will be a cuckold, observing misconstruals in editions and translations of the Tale.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Language and Word Studies
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations