Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 3894 Mayhew, A. L. (Anthony Lawson) 1842 1916 Mayhew, Anthony Lawson Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 1912 Skeat, Walter William 12036745 A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 Reading ease score: 88.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Lindahl and PG Distributed Proofreaders, Anzia Kraus of the CWRU Library, and Louise Hope "A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580" by Rev. A. L. Mayhew and Rev. Walter W. Skeat is a linguistic reference work likely compiled in the late 19th century. The dictionary serves as a resource for scholars and students interested in Middle English, detailing the meanings and etymology of vocabulary from a critical period in the English language's development. The opening of this dictionary presents its objectives and context, explaining the necessity for a concise reference to Middle-English words during a time when existing texts were incomplete. Professor Skeat outlines the distinct approach of this work, which focuses on more accessible sources and aims to represent the specific literary language of Chaucer and similar authors. The preface also highlights the challenges learners face in understanding the variations in spelling and pronunciation of Middle-English, thus setting the stage for the extensive glossary that follows, which organizes words alphabetically along with definitions and historical context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Dictionaries PE Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 2341375 2341622 2024-10-05T05:38:38.318718 2023-10-05T06:17:41.867503 text/html text/html 2623754 2020-06-27T05:27:19 text/html; charset=utf-8 1209740 2020-12-20T01:45:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 715686 2024-10-05T05:39:50.252851 application/epub+zip 737471 2024-10-05T05:38:50.255626 application/epub+zip 660640 2024-10-05T05:38:44.371706 application/epub+zip 2210832 2024-10-05T05:40:35.340603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1179584 2024-10-05T05:39:44.999357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 924624 2022-09-05T08:50:31.516132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1157689 1157797 2024-10-05T05:38:13.221818 2023-10-05T06:17:18.378321 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1158140 2020-06-27T05:27:19 text/plain; charset=utf-8 406765 2020-12-20T01:45:13 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20073 2024-10-05T05:40:35.699661 application/rdf+xml 25049 2024-10-05T05:38:45.923644 image/jpeg 4641 2024-10-05T05:38:45.160671 image/jpeg 679975 2024-10-05T05:38:38.488688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia