The first page of “The Knight’s Tale” from the early-15th-century Ellesmere manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”. The Knight is described has having conducted raids in Lettow(e) or Lithuania, probably as part of a crusade. Artist unknown, from the collection of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, U.S.A. (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaucer_knight.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 11 March 2026: “Lettowe” (Middle English)—“Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)”. Today is #LithuaniaIndependenceRestorationDay; #Lithuania is first recorded in English as “Lettow(e)” in the #CanterburyTales by #GeoffreyChaucer. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...