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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: For the Use of Students
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The above rule is, however, subject to one condition, namely, that the spelling given should actually occur, and should not be merely an assumed form. Hence if a word does not occur in the characteristic Early West Saxon form, I have taken the Late W'est Saxon, and if this again is not found, I have fallen back on a dialectic form.
It will no doubt be observed that this plan has not always been adhered to, but the exceptions have usually been made on some ground of expediency, such as the preponderating frequency of occurrence of a certain form, or the desire to bring all the compounds of a word to the same place.
Normalisations have, as will be inferred from what has gone before, been generally avoided. I cannot hope to have excluded them altogether, as they swarm in some of the glossaries on which the Dictionary is founded. A few, which I have noticed at a late stage, have been ear-marked with an asterisk.
The above rule is, however, subject to one condition, namely, that the spelling given should actually occur, and should not be merely an assumed form. Hence if a word does not occur in the characteristic Early West Saxon form, I have taken the Late W'est Saxon, and if this again is not found, I have fallen back on a dialectic form.
It will no doubt be observed that this plan has not always been adhered to, but the exceptions have usually been made on some ground of expediency, such as the preponderating frequency of occurrence of a certain form, or the desire to bring all the compounds of a word to the same place.
Normalisations have, as will be inferred from what has gone before, been generally avoided. I cannot hope to have excluded them altogether, as they swarm in some of the glossaries on which the Dictionary is founded. A few, which I have noticed at a late stage, have been ear-marked with an asterisk.
395 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1894
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April 6, 2020
Love it.
September 9, 2016
Very sorry I choose this dictionary.
Very hard to use. The search program only works if already know how to spell the word. I would not recommend this for most people
Very hard to use. The search program only works if already know how to spell the word. I would not recommend this for most people
May 1, 2019
A must-have for any Anglo-Saxon historian
May 24, 2008
It's a bit weird, but not that bad. Always handy to have an Anglo-Saxon dictionary at hand.
April 20, 2009
remember to check all possible spellings and roots/variants to find word. Check also verb forms of nouns, etc.
November 19, 2010
Big, fabulous beast of a dictionary.
August 8, 2014
A good, extensive word-hoard, with a tutorial grammar.
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June 17, 2011If you somehow landed with this book on your Kindle, moan, gnash your teeth, and wail. The OCR and text display is abysmal. I suppose no one glanced at it before it was sent out into the world.
August 21, 2011
Really useful, and really interesting. Dictionaries can be be so much fun, especially early language dictionaries
October 29, 2013
This cannot be read by sober person.
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