A Thesaurus of Old English (2 Vols.)

Second Revised Edition

Volume Editors:
Jane Roberts
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Christian J. Kay
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Lynne Grundy
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A Thesaurus of Old English is conceptually arranged, and presents the vocabulary of Anglo-Saxon England within ordered categories. This allows the user to approach the materials of the Thesaurus by subject rather than through an alphabetic index as is the case for many thesauri. The provision of brief indications of meaning at all levels of this scheme allows word-senses to follow on from ideas explained, so that this thesaurus incorporates information about word meaning and could be described as an inside-out dictionary, with meanings first and then words.

In addition to providing hitherto unavailable information for linguists, historians of language, authors, students of English, and textual scholars, A Thesaurus of Old English is a rich resource for investigating social and cultural history, showing the development of concepts through the words that refer to them.

The Thesaurus can be consulted online at the University of Glasgow website.
ISBN:
9789042015630
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A Thesaurus of Old English, Volume 1
Introduction and Thesaurus. Second Revised Edition
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2021
978-90-04-48523-5
A Thesaurus of Old English, Volume 2
Index. Second Revised Edition
Publication Date: 18 Oct 2021
978-90-04-48892-2
"… Roberts and Kay, in collaboration with Lynne Grundy and many other assistants, have produced a standard reference work which every research library of medium size or greater will wish to purchase, and which might well find a place in the personal libraries of many Old-English specialists as well." - in: Peritia
"…an essential research tool…" - in: Notes and Queries, Vol. 50, No. 1 (March 2003), pp. 79-80
"…new and improved printing." - in: TMR, 04.02.33
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