Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue : Volume 12 (War-Zurnbarrie) Hardback
Edited by A.J. (, Joint Council for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue) Aitken, Margaret G. (, Joint Council for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue) Dareau, K. Lorna (, Joint Council for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue) Pike, James A.C. (, Joint Council for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue) Stevenson
Part of the Dictionary Old Scottish tongue series
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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700, when the Scots language merged with standard English.
It touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations accompanying every word and meaning it discusses.
It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society.
This 'Scots OED' is published in paper-bound parts (fascicles) and also as volumes, each containing several parts.
The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue is unique and has no competition. illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700, when the Scots language merged with standard English.
It touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations accompanying every word and meaning it discusses.
It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society.
This 'Scots OED' is published in paper-bound parts (fascicles) and also as volumes, each containing several parts.
The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue is unique and has no competition.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:698 pages, numerous maps, figures and tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2002
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- ISBN:9780198605409
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:698 pages, numerous maps, figures and tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198605409