Chaucer's Poetry

Chaucer's Poetry Glossary

vice

immoral characteristic

Zephyr

a personification of the west wind, a soft gentle breeze

palmer

a pilgrim, especially one who had returned from the Holy Land with a palm frond or leaf as a sign of having undertaken the pilgrimage

shire

a county, especially in England

engender

cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)

fowl

bird

bigamy

the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person

wax

grow fruitful

glean

collect gradually and bit by bit

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