April 17th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "faldyng," a noun meaning "coarse woolen cloth."
Pronunciation (I think): fal-DEENG.
Source: "The Miller's Prologue and Tale," line 3212.
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April 16th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "nevene," a verb meaning "to call by name."
Pronunciation (I think): nev-EN-eh.
Source: "The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale," line 821
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April 15th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "conseil," a noun meaning "secrets."
Pronunciation (I think): cawhn-SAIL.
Source: "The Monk's Prologue and Tale," line 2028.
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April 14th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "henten," a verb meaning "to seize."
Source: "The Knight's Tale," line 904
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April 13th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "woodnesse," a noun meaning "madness" or "fury."
Pronunciation (I think): wude-NESS-eh.
Source: "The Pardoner's Prologue," line 496.
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April 10th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "shawe," a noun meaning "grove."
Pronunciation (I think): shah-WEH.
Source: "The Cook's Prologue and Tale," line 4367.
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April 9th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "penyble," an adjective meaning "attentive" or "devoted."
Pronunciation (I think): pen-EH-bleh.
Source: "The Clerk's Prologue, Tale, and Envoy," line 714.
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April 8th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "wynke," a verb meaning "to close both of one's eyes."
Pronunciation (I think): weenk-EH.
Source: "The Nun's Priest's Tale," line 3306.
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April 7th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "povre," an adjective meaning "poor."
Pronunciation (I think): puhv-REH.
Source: "The General Prologue," line 225.
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April 6th: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "salwes," a noun meaning "willow branches."
Pronunciation (I think): sawl-WEHS.
Source: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale," line 655.
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April 3rd: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "assoile," a verb meaning "absolve."
Pronunciation (I think): as-WEHL-eh.
Source: "The Pardoner's Prologue," line 387.
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April 2nd: Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "Flaundres-ward," an adverb meaning "in the direction of Flanders."
Pronunciation (I think): flawn-DREHS-word.
Source: "The Shipman's Tale," line 300.
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Happy April 1st! No joke: All this month we'll look at words from "The Canterbury Tales." This is because of its famous first line: "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote..."
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My main references have been:
- Harvard's Geoffrey Chaucer Website: chaucer.fas.harvard.edu
- Middle English Compendium: quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
Both are user-friendly and un-paywalled.
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Today's word from the "Canterbury Tales" is "parfay," an expression meaning "by my faith."
Source: "The Miller's Tale," line 3681.
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August 8th: The outdated word for today is "apparaillynge," meaning "preparation."
Pronunciation (I think): ap-PAR-ail-LEEN-jeh.
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) The Canterbury Tales; see line 2913 in "The Knight's Tale."
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August 7th: The outdated word for today is "looth," meaning "unwilling."
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) The Canterbury Tales; see line 356 in "The Manciple's Tale."
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August 6th: The outdated word for today is "paraventure," meaning "perhaps."
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) The Canterbury Tales; see line 1073 in "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale."
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August 5th: The outdated word for today is "hostileer," meaning "innkeeper."
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) The Canterbury Tales; see line 4360 in "The Cook's Prologue."
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August 4th: The outdated word for today is "somdeel," meaning "somewhat."
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) The Canterbury Tales; see line 2821 in "The Nun's Priest's Tale."
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Note: For no particular reason, all of the outdated words this week will be from "The Canterbury Tales."
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April 8th: The outdated word for today is from Middle English. It's "octogamye," meaning the state of being married to eight people at once.
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) Canterbury Tales, line 33 of "The Wife of Bath's Prologue."
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March 28th: The outdated word for today is from Middle English. It's "gleed," a noun meaning "glowing coal."
Source: Chaucer, G. (Late 14th century.) Canterbury Tales, line 3883 (from "The Reeve's Tale").
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