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- DictionaryMid·dle Eng·lish/ˌmid(ə)l ˈiNG(ɡ)liSH/
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- 1. the English language from c. 1150 to c. 1470.
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May 17, 2024 · Middle English language, the vernacular spoken and written in England from about 1100 to about 1500, the descendant of the Old English language and the ancestor of Modern English. (Read H.L. Mencken’s 1926 Britannica essay on American English.) The history of Middle English is often divided into.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 14, 2024 · Provides access to three Middle English electronic resources: Middle English Dictionary, Bibliography of Middle English Prose and Verse, and the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
- Stacy Reardon
- 2014
May 17, 2024 · Middle English Dictionary (online) The print Middle English Dictionary, now complete, has been described as "the greatest achievement in medieval scholarship in America." Its 15,000 pages offer a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips, the ...
- Amanda Watson
- 2009
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May 16, 2024 · The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources.
- Angela Dressen
- 2011
May 17, 2024 · Dictionary of Old English. The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (C.E. 600-1150) of the English language, using twenty-first century technology. The DOE complements the Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period C.E. 1100-1500) and the Oxford English Dictionary, the three together ...
- Nina Mamikunian
- 2014
May 14, 2024 · Access three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
May 3, 2024 · The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and inter-connectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a Hyper-Bibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.