The Spirit of Medieval English Popular Romance
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20 This (false) etymological explanation of the name 'Manekine' is spelt out by
thehusbandin JeanWauquelin's fourteenthcentury prose adaptation ofManekine,
ed. Suchier,Oeuvres Poetiques,I,p. 300: 'mancus c'est adire homme quin'a ...