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Dictionary of Old English: A to G Online
The Dictionary draws on as wide a range of texts -- in date, dialect and genre -- as possible. Also provides a listing in a simplified paradigmatic order of every spelling which is attested for a word in the Electronic Corpus; frequency counts for each word; usage labels where they are statistically significant; and exhaustive citation for all words of twelve or fewer occurrences
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Resource Type: Dictionary
Title/Alternate Title:Dictionary of Old English: A to G Online
Subjects Covered:Defines vocabulary of the first six centuries of the English language
Contents: The Dictionary draws on as wide a range of
texts -- in date, dialect and genre -- as possible. Also provides a
listing in a simplified paradigmatic order of every spelling which is
attested for a word in the Electronic Corpus; frequency counts for each
word; usage labels where they are statistically significant; and
exhaustive citation for all words of twelve or fewer occurrences
Dates of Coverage:The first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language
Help Links: Click the Help folder on the left side of the screen for Search Tips or for Trouble-Shooting
Other Notes: Complements the Middle English Dictionary
(which covers the period 1100 - 1500 A.D.) and the Oxford English
Dictionary (which documents the development of the English language to
the present), the three together providing a full description of the
vocabulary of English
