The word "wake" is used twice within 2 lines concerning the funeral rites of Arcyte.
It is familiar in English and American literature and commonly used in New England, anyway, and in Ireland.
In my childhood, a wake was held at home for a dead great uncle, as I recall.
The body was in a coffin, food and drink were served, the rooms were full of smoke.
Catholic Canadian French in Spencer, Massachusetts.
So why is the word unfamiliar to people in the Pittsburgh region?
The Knight's Tale, 2082, 2084.
Canterbury Tales.
Theseus marries Emily to Palomon because he has earned it.
She loves him.
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