Two Names in "The Reeve's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Hinton, Norman D.
Two Names in "The Reeve's Tale."
- Published
- Names 9 (1961): 117-20.
- Description
- Challenges previous arguments that the name "Malyne" is appropriate to the character in RvT because it means "dish cloth," arguing instead that "Malyne," "Aleyn," and their roles in RvT can better be understood in light of the denotations and connotations of the French verbs "malignier" and "alignier."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Reeve and His Tale
Language and Word Studies