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 PROFESSOR OF 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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