Trusty Trout, Humble Trout, Old Trout: A Curious Kettle.

Author / Editor
Sayers, William.

Title
Trusty Trout, Humble Trout, Old Trout: A Curious Kettle.

Published
Nordic Journal of English Studies 8, no. 3 (2009): 191-201.

Description
Traces the etymology, usage, and implications of the word "trout" and its derivations in medieval literature and later tradition. Includes comments on "Trotula" (WBP 3.677), "trotte" (WBP 3.838), and "virytrate" (FrT 3.1582).

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Friar and His Tale