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SimonG | 07:57 Sat 11th Jul 2020 | Crosswords
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Could someone give me some hints for 15a "Spenser's miscalled on return of serve"?

I have -e-i-e-

Many thanks!
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Avatar Image JJ109
I think but only think it is "deliver" (serve) = reviled reversed
Edmund Spenser "reviled" = miscalled "probably"
07:59 Sat 11th Jul 2020
Avatar Image JJ109
actually probably "reviled" rather than "deliver"
08:01 Sat 11th Jul 2020
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Many thanks JJ
08:13 Sat 11th Jul 2020
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Reviled
08:25 Sat 11th Jul 2020
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I’m still struggling with this one despite having read this thread. Could someone explain why Edmund Spenser miscalled = reviled? I’m sure I’m missing something obvious.
13:22 Sat 11th Jul 2020
Avatar Image Lie-in King
I can't find a precise reference, but think the setter knows that Spenser used "reviled" for "miscalled" - they are synonymous, as "to abuse"
13:27 Sat 11th Jul 2020
Avatar Image Mamyalynne
I agree, I too struggled.

In this excerpt he uses both as a Lady abuses someone.

https://tinyurl.com/y9fv5msz
13:30 Sat 11th Jul 2020
Avatar Image Lie-in King
Sorry, I'm an idiot - it's the other way around - Spenser used "miscall" for "revile" - an example in Book 4 Canto VIII -

"...Whom she with leasings lewdly did miscall,
And wickedly backbite..."

https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/fq/fq47.htm - Verse 24
13:34 Sat 11th Jul 2020
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Thank you. Tricky one!
13:40 Sat 11th Jul 2020

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