A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
BY THE
REV. A. L. MAYHEW, M.A.
OF WADHAM COLLEGE, OXFORD
AND THE
REV. WALTER W. SKEAT
LITT.D.; LL.D. EDIN.; M.A. OXON.
ELRINGTON AND BOSWORTH PROFESSOROF ANGLO-SAXON IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
“These our Ancient Words here set down, I trust will for this time satisfie the Reader.”
R. Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, ch. vii (at the end)
“Authentic words be given, or none!”
Wordsworth, Lines on Macpherson’s Ossian
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