I asked my son, who is studing midieval lit, if he had any ideas. He wants to know the line reference for this passage so he can read it in context.
--- Melanie Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm wondering about the Wife of Bath and what she's > got on her head in > the Canterbury Tales: > > "Hir coverchiefs ful fyne weren of ground, > I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound > That on a Sonday weren upon hir heed." > > Mainly I'm wondering about the use of the word > "ground" in the first > line. I've seen a suggestion that this could > translate to mean > "texture", as in "her coverchiefs were of a very > fine texture". > > The OED doesn't seem to offer any goodies, but > perhaps I missed > something--the entries for "ground" are quite long! > Does anyone have > other information about this? > > Thanks, > Melanie Schuessler > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
