Chaucer's General Prologue, A 673: Further Evidence.
- Author / Editor
- Miller, B. D. H.
Chaucer's General Prologue, A 673: Further Evidence.
- Published
- Notes and Queries 205 (1960): 404-6.
- Description
- Offers examples from the "Roman de la Rose" and Deschamps' "Ballade" that the word "bourdan" had the meaning "phallus," showing that the sense would have been familiar to Chaucer when he used "stif burdoun" to describe the Summoner's singing with the Pardoner (GP 1.673).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Summoner and His Tale
Pardoner and His Tale
Language and Word Studies
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales