A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

by John Richard Clark Hall, Herbert D. Meritt (Contributor)

This classic dictionary deals carefully and exhaustively with all the words which occur in Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose. Variant dialectic forms are given, together with variant forms found in the same dialect. Purely poetic words and words not common in prose are indicated, and references are given to the passages in which they occur. First published in 1894, this is a reprint of the fourth edition (Cambridge University Press, 1960).

Genres: Reference, Language, Nonfiction, Anglo Saxon, Dictionaries, Linguistics, Medieval

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1894

Reviews

[Pilar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it.

[Shannon Allen · Rating 1 out of 5]

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

[Chad White · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-have for any Anglo-Saxon historian

[André · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a bit weird, but not that bad. Always handy to have an Anglo-Saxon dictionary at hand.

[Colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

remember to check all possible spellings and roots/variants to find word. Check also verb forms of nouns, etc.

[Winnie Thornton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big, fabulous beast of a dictionary.

[CJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, extensive word-hoard, with a tutorial grammar.

[Jonathan]

If 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.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really useful, and really interesting. Dictionaries can be be so much fun, especially early language dictionaries

[Regina Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cannot be read by sober person.