Walter W Skeat: 6 books
by Walter W. Skeat
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
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,...
by A. L. Mayhew, Walter W. Skeat
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
This book contains what the title promises: a Middle English Dictionary. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and anyone interested in the history and literature of the English language.
by Walter W. Skeat
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Contents English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day (1911) Malay Magic (1900)
Malay Magic (1900) Briefly, the purpose of the author has been to collect into a Book of Malay Folklore all that seemed to him most typical of the subject amongst a considerable mass of materials,...
Concise Dictionary of Middle English
From A.D. 1150 to 1580
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
The present work is intended to meet, in some measure, the requirements
of those who wish to make some study of Middle-English, and who find a
difficulty in obtaining such assistance as will enable them to find out
the meanings and etymologies of the words most essential to their
purpose.
by Walter W. Skeat
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
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.
by Herbert Coleridge, A. L. Mayhew, Walter W. Skeat
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
This book contains what the title promises: two dictionaries, one for Old English, and one for Middle English. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and anyone interested in the history and literature of the English language.