Loke who, what, how, when.
- Author / Editor
- Prins, A. A.
Loke who, what, how, when.
- Published
- English Studies 43 (1963): 165-69.
- Description
- Clarifies the basic meaning and history of the Middle English collocation "look who," meaning "whoever," analyzing the usage at WBT 1113 and discussing similar usages elsewhere in Chaucer, with two instances in Gower. Explains how scribal and editorial distortions of the phrase (and related ones) have been misleading, helping to account for the paucity of such phrases in NED, the predecessor of the OED.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Wife of Bath and Her Tale