A dictionary of the Old English language

by Francis Henry Stratmann

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Published 1973 by Folcroft Library Editions in [Folcroft, Pa.] .
Written in English

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English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Dictionaries.,
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Etymology -- Dictionaries.

Edition Notes

Classifications
Statement	compiled from writings of the XII, XIII, XIV, and XV centuries, by Francis Henry Stratmann.
LC Classifications	PE679 .S7 1973
The Physical Object
Pagination	ix, 659 p.
Number of Pages	659
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL5413322M
ISBN 10	0841475113
LC Control Number	73004631
OCLC/WorldCa	601155

Authors/copyrights: Robert Bassford / Freelang. Last update: 09/04/ - entries. Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language General Editor Heinz Giegerich, Professor of English Linguistics (University of Edinburgh) A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 3 (hardback) ISBN 0 5 (paperback) Frisian, AN INTRODUCTION TO OLD ENGLISH.,, language, /.

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The Epinal-Erfurt Glossary offers an invaluable guide to the earliest written forms of Old English and the Latin culture of seventh-century Anglo-Saxon England. The Lexicographer’s Art -- by Rachel Fletcher. $, Triangle Community Foundation Challenge -- fifth and final $, now raised. The DOE would like to thank you for your. Get this from a library! A dictionary of the Old English language, compiled from writings of the XII. XIII. XIV. and XV. centuries,. [Francis Henry Stratmann].

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Category:Terms derived from Old English: Categories with terms derived from Old English in various specific languages. Category:Regional Old English: Old English terms used in .Old English itself has three dialects: West Saxon, Kentish, and Anglian.

West Saxon was the language of Alfred the Great () and therefore achieved the greatest prominence; accordingly, the chief Old English texts have survived in this dialect. In the course of time, Old English underwent various changes such as the loss of final.