Talk:humblehead

RFV discussion: August 2022–February 2023
Cited to Chaucer. Was not able to find modern English uses. The one that looked the most promising on Google Books turned out to actually be a scanno for "humble head". Everything else I found had a similar story.

The Middle English spelling is "humblehede". This is a varia lectio that occurs in some editions, while others have "humble bed". Some textual critics seem to think "humble bed" is the original form since its sources are older/more reliable, but MED still documents "humblehede", and I suppose we should too (with a note perhaps). 142.166.21.76 02:42, 19 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Some more stuff using the spelling "humblehede":, . I think these may be modern authors attempting to write in Middle English. At least that's my interpretation of "Attempted in the Language of 's Time" / "after the style of Chaucer". I also found some stuff with "humblehed", all Chaucer. Still no luck with "humblehead". 142.166.21.76 03:02, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Equinoxism. Leasnam (talk) 16:43, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

RFV Failed, should be moved to Middle English. Ioaxxere (talk) 19:56, 9 February 2023 (UTC)