Walter W. Skeat

Practical and reliable, this reference traces English words back to their Indo-European roots. Each entry features a brief definition, identifies the language of origin, and employs a few illustrative quotations. An extensive appendix includes lists of prefixes, suffixes, Indo-European roots, homonyms and doublets, and the distribution of English-language sources.

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

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Specimens of English Literature

With Collations Exhibiting All the Readings of All the Mss

The Gospel According to Saint John in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian Versions Synoptically Arranged

Otherwise Known As The Romance Of William And The Werwolf; Also A Fragment Of The Romance, Alisaunder

The Romance Of William Of Palerne

Frederick Thomas Elworthy

Specimens of English Dialects

William Langland

(about 1394 A. D.) ; Transcribed and Edited from Ms. Trin. Coll. Cam., R. 3, 15, Collated with Ms. Bibl. Reg. 18 B. XVII. in the British Museum, and with the Old Printed Text of 1553

Pierce the Ploughmans Crede

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A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words, Especially from the Dramatists

Pierce the Ploughmans Crede (about 1394 A. D.) to which is Appended God Spede the Plough (about 1500 A. D.) by Walter W. Skeat

I Devonshire. An Exmoor Scolding and Courtship, ed. by F. T. Elworthy, Esqu. II. Westmooreland. A bran new wark, ed. by the Walter W. Skeat

Excerpt from Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted From the Transactions of the Philological Society It will be understood that most of the etymological notes, as here reprinted, were more or less novel at the time of their appearance, or were taken from sources which were then new. In order to enable the curious to test the chronology in any given case, I have added the approximate date of publication at or near the end of each article, using 82, 85, &c., by way of abbreviation for 1882, 1885, &c. See pp. 1 - 2 for the exact list. Many of the notes here given have been adopted by later writers of dictionaries, and have appeared, for example, in the Century Dictionary (1889 - 91) and in the new edition of Webster I do not say that the editors of these works did not, in some cases at least, obtain similar results for themselves independently, for I have been informed that this sometimes happened I merely say that they had access to much of the material here given, and had my permission to make use of it. This at once explains a large number of the instances in which, for example, the new edition of Webster agrees with me as to results which nowhere appeared in the old edition of 1864. At p. 274, l. 3, I note, for example, that the old edition of Webster gives the wrong explanation of reply, whereas the edition of 1890 is correct. The date of my article (see p. 274, last line but one) is 1888. The same is true of the next article but one, that on some. Wherever I have myself been consciously indebted to others, I have endeavoured to say so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chiefly Reprinted From the Transactions of the Philological Society (Classic Reprint)

Notes on English Etymology

Specimens of English Literature 1394-1579

Specimens of English literature

Pierce the Ploughman's Crede

From Ms. G. 23 in the Libr. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Written A.D. 1487 ; Collated with the Ms. in the Advocate's Library at Edinburgh, Written A.D. 1489, and with Hart's Ed., Printed A.D. 1616 ; with a Preface, Notes, and Glossarial Index

The Bruce ; Or, The Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots

A. L. Mayhew

Newly type-set reprint of A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (1888) by the prominent Middle English scholars and lexicographers Rev. A. L. Mayhew, M.A. of Wadham College, Oxford, and Rev. Walter W. Skeat, Litt.D.; LL.D. Edin.; M.A. Oxon., Ellington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge. This Dictionary will easily pave the way for a clearer understanding of the birth of modern English while providing the medieval English reader with an invaluable resource for tackling all of the important English texts published between 1150 to 1580 A.D. Originally published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, this new edition should not be confused with other significantly pricier "facsimile" editions or "scanned" editions which do not preserve the original Middle English and Greek alphabet characters of the original book.

From A. D. 1150 To 1580

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English

From Ms. G. 23 in the Libr. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Written A. D. 1487 : Collated with the Ms. in the Advocate's Library at Edinburgh, Written A. D. 1489, and with Hart's Ed., Printed A. D. 1616 ; with a Preface, Notes, and Glossarial Index

The Bruce; Or, the Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Complete Works. Edited from Numerous Manuscripts by Walter W. Skeat

From the Text of Prof. Skeat. The Canterbury tales

The Poetical Works

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published in 1475, is quite possibly the most famous text written in Middle English and has been studied and analysed countless times over the several hundred years that have passed since original publication. Skeat’s essay, originally published in 1907, aims to explore the organisation of the tales within the whole manuscript. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature

The Evolution of the Canterbury Tales

Walter W. Skeat

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