A Concise Dictionary of Middle English

by Anthony Lawson Mayhew, Walter W. Skeat, Michael Everson (Editor)

Although in the age of the Internet we have access to the magnificent Middle English Compendium hosted by the University of Michigan, few students of Middle English would question the usefulness of a desktop copy for day-to-day reference. There has been no handy, reliable edition of such a dictionary for many years. The 1888 edition of Mayhew and Skeat's Concise Dictionary of Middle English can sometimes be found in antiquarian bookshops, but it is scarce, and available copies vary in both condition and cost. This new edition of Mayhew and Skeat has been revised and completely reset for the modern reader. It offers in a concise form more than 11,000 headwords with source references, cross references, and etymologies.

Genres: Reference, Dictionaries

249 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1888

Reviews

[Chicory · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually read the Gutenberg version, but whatever, let's go with this one. How do you review a dictionary? I have no idea, and it's not like I can tell whether it'd be useful to someone who actually studies languages. I did, however, learn new things, which is always nice.