Dictionary of Old English

The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) is a dictionary of the Old English language, published by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, under the direction of Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, and Antonette diPaolo Healey. It complements the Oxford English Dictionary's comprehensive survey of modern English and the Middle English Dictionary's comprehensive survey of Middle English.^[1]

The dictionary is still under production. As of March 2015 the entries for 8 of the 24 letters of the Old English alphabet have been published, and over 60% of the total entries have been written.^[1]

The dictionary has made extensive use of digital technology, and is based on a corpus of at least one copy of every known surviving text written in Old English.^[1]

History

The dictionary was conceived in 1968 as a replacement for the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, which had been compiled at a time when both the study of the Old English language and lexicographical techniques were less advanced.^[2] From the outset, the editors were interested in the potential application of computer technology to the task of compiling the dictionary, and in basing the dictionary text on a corpus. A dictionary plan was published in 1973.^[3] It was originally anticipated that work on the dictionary would begin in 1976 and the dictionary would begin appearing in fascicles shortly thereafter;^[2] however, it was not until 1986 that the first fascicle was published, covering words beginning with the letter D.^[3] New fascicles have appeared every few years since then, most recently reaching G in 2008.^[3]

Availability

The dictionary is available in 3 formats:^[4]

The corpus is available in 2 formats:

The computerized corpus (old version) is available to download on request from the University of Oxford Text Archive, free for use in education and research:

Dictionary of Old English Corpus in Electronic Form (DOEC)

Notes

1 2 3 About the Dictionary of Old English
1 2 Leyerle, John (1971). ""The Dictionary of Old English": A Progress Report". Computers and the Humanities. 5 (5): 279–283. doi:10.1007/BF02402209. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
1 2 3 "Publications of the Dictionary of Old English". Dictionary of Old English. University of Toronto. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ Publications of the Dictionary of Old English

External links

Dictionaries of English

Old and Middle English	An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Dictionary of Old English Middle English Dictionary

Historic	Catholicon Anglicum (1483) The English Schoole-Master (1596) The New World of English Words (1658) A New English Dictionary (1702) An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721) A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) Webster's Dictionary (1828) Century Dictionary (1889–91)

American English	American Heritage Dictionary of American English Dictionary of American Regional English Imperial Dictionary New Oxford American Oxford American Random House Webster's Webster's New World Webster's Third New International Dictionary World Book Dictionary

British English	Chambers Collins Oxford English, Concise Oxford English, Compact Oxford English, Shorter Oxford English, Historical Thesaurus, Oxford Dictionary of English Penguin

Canadian English	Canadian Oxford Dictionary of Canadianisms Gage Canadian (Full list)

Australian English	Australian National Australian Oxford Macquarie

Online	Wiktionary Collaborative International Dictionary of English OmegaWiki Urban Dictionary Wordnik

Learners / ESL	Cambridge Advanced Learner's Collins COBUILD Advanced Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Oxford Advanced Learner's

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