This somnour bar to hym a stif burdoun; / Was nevere trompe of half so greet a soun.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Summoner and Pardoner singing together. The imagery of their loud, unharmonious performance is subtly 'weird' and reflects their dubious characters.
c. 1387-1400
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"Wommen are so variable, and so unstable, That ther is no trust in hem, by my fey."
Controversial"The smylere with the knyf under the cloke."
Strange & Unusual"His curly hair looked as if they were pressed in a machine and his clothes were embellished with red and white, as if it were a meadow full of fresh flowers."
Humorous"He loved hotte and to have his lecherye."
Strange & Unusual"Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable, / And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere / Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd as cleere."
Strange & Unusual