Note 44 — FROM THE "PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES."
Reading edition
sellers of vitaille. Givers of food, or a livelihood. The original meaning of the word sell was to give. From A.-S. syllan, to give.
Reading edition
sellers of vitaille. Givers of food, or a livelihood. The original meaning of the word sell was to give. From A.-S. syllan, to give.