6th Edition

A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the XIV Century

By James Orchard Halliwell Copyright 2017
996 Pages
by Routledge

996 Pages
by Routledge

996 Pages
by Routledge

So far I may be permitted to speak without intrenching on the limits of criticism. A work containing more than 50,000 words, many of which have never appeared even in scattered glossaries, and illustrated, with very few exceptions, by original authorities, much contain valuable material for the philogist, even if disfigured by errors. With respect to the latter contingency, I am not acquainted... Read more
Preface, The English Provincial Dialects, Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms, Index, Specimens of the Early English Language

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James Orchard Halliwell