A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
_The Legends of_ }
_St Dunstan_, }
_St Katherine_, }
_St Andrew_, }
_St Lucy_, } from MS. Harl. 2277.
_St Swithin_, }
_St Edward_, }
_Pilate_, }
_Judas Iscariot_, }
A few references will also be found to the Manuel des Pecches of Robert
Brunne, now being edited by Mr Furnivall, for the Roxburgh Club, but the
proof-sheets came into my hands too late to allow of anything like a
complete analysis of the language of the poem.
OTHER WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE GLOSSARY.
Burguy’s Grammaire de la Langue d’Oïl. 3 vols. 8vo. Berlin, 1856. The
third volume contains an excellent Glossary.
Cotgrave’s French and English Dictionary, by Howell. 1650.
Egilsson’s Lexicon Poeticum Antiquæ Linguæ Septemtrionalis. Hafniæ,
1854-1859. One part is still wanting to complete the work.
Halliwell’s Provincial and Archaic Dictionary. 2 vols. 8vo. 1855.
Kilian’s Lexicon Teutonicum. Ed. Hasselt. 2 vols. 4to. 1777.
Laȝamon’s Brut. Ed. Sir F. Madden. 3 vols. 8vo. 1847. (Cited by volume and
page.)
The Ormulum. Ed. White. 2 vols. 8vo. 1852.
The Philological Society’s Transactions, from 1842-1856. 9 vols. 8vo.
Roquefort’s Glossaire de la Langue Romane. 2 vols. 8vo. 1808.
A Volume of Vocabularies, forming vol. I. of a Library of National
Antiquities. Edited by Wright. 1857. (Privately printed.)
Warton’s History of English Poetry. 3 vols. 8vo. Ed. 1840.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS MADE USE OF IN THE GLOSSARY.
Alys. Kyng Alysaunder.
AS. Anglo-Saxon.
B. The Life of Beket.
β The Legend of St Brandan.
comp. comparative.
Cok. The Land of Cokaygne.
Cotgr. Cotgrave.
Dut. Dutch.
Fall and P. The Poem on the Fall and Passion.
Fr. Sci. The Fragment on Popular Science in the Lives of
Saints.
Fr. French.
Hall. Halliwell.
HD. Havelok the Dane.
Kil. Kilian.
Laȝ. Laȝamon.
L. P. Specimens of Lyric Poetry, ed. Wright.
lit. literally.
Marg. The Life of St Margaret.
M. G. Mæso-Gothic.
M. Ode. The Moral Ode.
N. and Q. Notes and Queries.
O. and N. Owl and Nightingale.
ON. Old Norse.
O. H. G. Old High German.
Orm. Ormulum.
part. participle.
Pol. S. Political Songs.
pret. præterite.
Ps. Psalm.
Rel. S. Religious Songs.
RG. Robert of Gloucester.
Ritson’s AS. Ritson’s Ancient Songs.
Roq. Roquefort.
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