A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 To 1580

by Anthony Lawson Mayhew, Walter W. Skeat

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the timeWalter William Skeat, FBA (21 November 1835 - 6 October 1912) was the pre-eminent British philologist of his time. He was instrumental in developing the English language as a higher education subject in the United Kingdom. Skeat is best known for his work in Middle English, and for his standard editions of Chaucer and William Langland's Piers Plowman. Skeat was the founder and only president of the English Dialect Society from 1873 to 1896. The society's purpose was to collect materials for the publication of The English Dialect Dictionary. The society was dissolved in 1897.In pure philology, Skeat's principal achievement is his An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (4 parts, 1879-1882; rev., and enlarged, 1910). While preparing the dictionary, he wrote hundreds of short articles on word origins for the London-based journal Notes and Queries.

Genres: Reference, Dictionaries

618 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1888