Middle English Dictionary

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Dictionary of Middle English published by the University of Michigan

The Middle English Dictionary is a dictionary of Middle English published by the University of Michigan. It comprises roughly 15,000 pages with a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1175–1500, based on the analysis of over three million quotations from primary sources. It is the largest collection of this kind available.[1]

The project began in 1925. The first installment, "Plan and Bibliography", containing a list of Middle English texts used for the dictionary, was published by Hans Kurath and Sherman Kuhn in 1954.[2] More fascicles were published in numerous volumes (in alphabetical order) over the next several decades. The dictionary was completed in 2001.[3]

In 2007, the full dictionary was made freely available and searchable online in an HTML format.

## See also

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* Middle English
* Dictionary of Old English
* Oxford English Dictionary

## References

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1. ^ "About the Middle English Compendium". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
2. ^ Kurath, Hans; Kuhn, Sherman M, eds. (1954). Middle English Dictionary [STANDARD] (1st ed.). University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-01151-3 - via Internet Archive. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
3. ^ Lewis, Robert E (ed.). Middle English Dictionary. The University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.6785. ISBN 9780472013104. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

## External links

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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)
* Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
* Webster's Dictionary (1828)
* Worcester's Dictionary
* Richardson's New Dictionary
* Imperial Dictionary (1847–1850)
* Century Dictionary (1889–1891)
* World Book Dictionary
* Dictionary of American English

British English|

* Chambers
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* OED
* ODE
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* Penguin

American English|

* American Heritage
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* Random House Webster's
* Webster's New World
* Webster's Third New International

Canadian English|

* Canadian Oxford
* Dictionary of Canadianisms
* Dictionary of Newfoundland English
* Gage Canadian

Australian English|

* Australian National
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* Macquarie

Online|

* Collaborative International Dictionary of English
* Urban Dictionary
* Wiktionary
* Wordnik

Learners / ESL|

* Cambridge Advanced Learner's
* Collins COBUILD Advanced
* Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
* Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
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