Project Gutenberg 2013-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 1465 Coleridge, Herbert 1830 1861 11006238 A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300 Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language" by Herbert Coleridge is a scholarly dictionary written in the mid-19th century. This work serves as a comprehensive inventory of every word found in the printed English literature of the 13th century, aiming to establish a historical perspective on the evolution of the English language. The book is likely to attract linguists, philologists, and those interested in the historical development of English vocabulary. The opening of the dictionary begins with a preface where Coleridge outlines the purpose and significance of the work. He emphasizes that the dictionary aims to provide a foundational resource for the Philological Society's larger project of compiling an English dictionary. In this section, he notes how the words are organized, detailing the approach taken to illustrate both older forms and modern equivalents, along with the systematic referencing of etymological roots. The introduction also acknowledges contributions from various scholars, highlighting a collaborative effort toward documenting the lexicon of early English literature and its historical context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41975/41975-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 90.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. PE Text Category: History - British Category: Language & Communication Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 565536 2025-08-17T05:34:40.681693 text/html 566420 2024-10-23T13:52:03 text/html 201506 2025-08-17T05:34:56.813194 application/epub+zip 208032 2025-08-17T05:34:42.653702 application/epub+zip 208033 2025-08-17T05:34:41.589686 application/epub+zip 536303 2025-08-17T05:35:05.029073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380229 2025-08-17T05:34:55.727116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380416 2022-09-19T08:07:29.409978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427700 2025-08-17T05:34:31.280757 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 407776 2024-10-23T13:52:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16664 2025-08-17T05:35:05.220083 application/rdf+xml 11382 2025-08-17T05:34:41.827788 image/jpeg 1963 2025-08-17T05:34:41.707676 image/jpeg 198097 2025-08-17T05:34:40.723699 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia