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Title: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by J. R. Clark Hall, John Richard Clark Hall, Herbert Dean Meritt ISBN: 0-8020-6548-1 Publisher: University of Toronto Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book, idiotic review
Comment: This book does a good job of bringing together a lexicon of Old English words. Other than screwing up the thorn/eth thing that another reviewer commented on, it did just fine.
As an aside, the previous review is just incredibly stupid. This is a language dictionary, and is obviously very much like a Spanish-English dictionary, not like the OED. On top of that, Old English is a dead language, why do you need the pronunciation so badly? Let me know next time you have a conversation with King and Saint Alfred the Great or the Venerable Bede.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Word Hoard More Than a True Dictionary
Comment: This book is a great word hoard. The best word hoard in Old English. I only gave it for stars because it is NOT a dictionary as it claims. I wanted a Oxford style dictionary where I could easily flip through and find out how to pronounce these un-pronouncable Old English words. This book gives the word and its meaning, however, you must turn to the front of the book for the pronouncation guide. This is NOT a dictionary. This is a word hoard. A long list of words and their meaning. Period. I don't know of any true dictionary in Old English, albeit, many books claim to be. Wyatt Kaldenberg
Rating: 4
Summary: A good, affordable dictionary
Comment: This is simply the best Anglo-Saxon dictionary you can find for anything resembling a reasonable price. It helps to know a little bit about the language (for example, the "ge-" prefix is used much the same way that it is in German). The only serious problem I found is Hall's using the "eth" character for cases where "thorn" is used in the original texts--a serious scholarly failure, though one that the serious student should be able to overlook with relative ease. I do feel that this dictionary could use quite a bit of revision--anyone up to the task?--but at the same time, it's the best you can find for the price, and certainly worth the money.
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Title: A Guide to Old English by Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. Robinson ISBN: 0631226362 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
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Title: Word Hoard: An Introduction to Old English Vocabulary by Stephen A. Barney ISBN: 0300035063 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1985 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages by Orrin W. Robinson ISBN: 0804722218 Publisher: Stanford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Old English Grammar and Reader by Robert E. Diamond ISBN: 0814315100 Publisher: Wayne State University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1973 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer by Henry Sweet, Norman Davis ISBN: 0198111789 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 1982 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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