DICTIONARIES AND OTHER REFERENCE WORKS USED BY DOST

Dictionaries and Word-lists

DUTCH

Verdam, J., Middelnederlandsch Handwoordenboek, The Hague, 1949.
Verwijs, E. and Verdam, J., Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 10 vols., The Hague, 1885-1941.

ENGLISH

Barnhart, Robert K. and Steinmetz, Sol, The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, New York, 1988.
Bosworth, J. and Toller, T.N., An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, London, 2nd impression, n.d.
Carter, Henry Holland, A Dictionary of Middle English Musical Terms, New York, 1968.
Kurath, H. and Kuhn, S.M., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, 1956-2001.
Murray, James, et. al., The New English Dictionary (Oxford English Dictionary), various editions.
Onions, C.T., The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford, 1966.
Sandahl, Bertil, Middle English Sea Terms, vol. 1 (1951), vol. 2 (1958), vol. 3 (1982), Uppsala.
Wright, Joseph, The English Dialect Dictionary, 6 vols., London, Oxford, New York, 1898-1905.

FRENCH

Beaujean, A., Dictionnaire de la langue française abrégé du dictionnaire de E. Littré, Paris, 1881.
Godefroy, F., Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle, 10 vols., Paris, 1880-1902, and Complément, 3 vols., Paris, 1895-1902.
Grandsaignes d'Hauterive, R., Dictionnaire d'ancien français moyen âge et renaissance, Paris, 1947.
Greimas, A.J., Dictionnaire de l'ancien français jusqu'au milieu du XIVe siècle, 2nd ed., Paris, 1968.
Guilbert, Louis, et. al., Grand Larousse de la langue française, 7 vols., Paris, 1971-78.
Hatzfeld, A., Darmesteter, A., Thomas, A., Dictionnaire générale de la langue française du commencement du XVIIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours, 2 vols., Paris, 1924.
Tobler, A. and Lommatzsch, E., Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, 11 vols., Berlin, 1925-89.
von Wartburg, W., Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 36 vols., Bonn, Basel, 1928-83.

GAELIC/IRISH

Dineen, P.S., An Irish-English Dictionary, Dublin, 1927.
Dwelly, Edward, The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary, Glasgow, 1949, 1977.
Macbain, Alexander, An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, 1911.
Maclennan, M., A pronouncing and etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language, Edinburgh, 1925.
Marstrander, G.J.S., Joynt, M. and Knott, E., Dictionary of the Irish language, based mainly on Old and Middle Irish materials, Dublin, 1913.
O Daly, M., O’Sullivan, A., O Fiannachta, P., Joynt, M., Quin, E.G., Greene, D. and Condon, T., Contributions to a Dictionary of the Irish language, Dublin, 1939-.

ICELANDIC

Cleasby, R. and Vigfusson, G., An Icelandic-English Dictionary, Oxford, 2nd ed., 1957.
Kvaran, Guðrún (director), Orðabók Háskólans, database of Icelandic, 1540-, Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland, 1943-; www.lexis.hi.is.


LATIN

Latham, R.E., Revised Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources, London, 1965.
Lewis, C.T. and Short, C., A Latin Dictionary, Oxford, 1933.

NORN
Jakobsen, J., An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland, 2 vols., London, Copenhagen, 1928, 1932.
Marwick, H., The Orkney Norn, Oxford, 1929.

SCOTS

Donaldson, D., Supplement to Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary, Paisley, London, 1887.
Grant, W., and Murison, D., The Scottish National Dictionary, 10 vols., Edinburgh, 1927-76.
Jamieson, J., An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 4 vols., Paisley, 1879-82.
Kerr, R.D., A Glossary of Mining Terms Used in Fife, Fife Colleges, 1980.
Pride, Glen L., Dictionary of Scottish Building, Edinburgh, 1975, new revised ed., 1996.

Bibliography


Aldis, H.G., A List of books printed in Scotland before 1700, Edinburgh, 1970.

Law


Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Students' Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms, Edinburgh, 1946.
Wark, J.L., Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1926-35.
Watson, George, Bell's Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland, 7th ed., Edinburgh, London, 1890.

Onomastics


Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland, New York, 1946.
Johnston, J.B., Place-Names of Scotland, London, 1934.
Watson, W.J., The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, Edinburgh, London, 1926.

Costume/Armour

Beard, C.R., Dictionary of Costume and Armour, unpublished MS, Victoria and Albert Museum, n.d.

H.D. Watson