ALISON1, ALISOUN1 is the sexy young wife of John the Carpenter in The Miller's Tale. At eighteen years old she is an evocation of spring, compared with blossoming pear trees and frisky young animals. [Absolon2: John1: Nicholas1: Robyn1]
Both forms of the name are OF, meaning "of delight." Alison appears in medial positions only, MillT 3366, 3653, 3678, 3790, 3824; Alisoun appears medially, MillT 3577, 3617, 3649, and in final rhyming position, MillT 3401, 3523, 3639, 3698, 3832.