A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: From the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth Part XLIII: Sanct to S(c)hake (Dictionary of the ... to the End of the 17th (Fascicle)) (Pt.43) [Paperback]

Sir William Craigie (Author), A. J. Aitken (Editor), Margaret G. Dareau (Editor), James A. C. Stevenson (Editor), Harry D. Watson (Editor), Heather G. Bree (Contributor), Eileen M. Finlayson (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 23, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0198613024 | ISBN-13: 978-0198613022

The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700, when the Scots language merges with standard English. It touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations accompanying each word and meaning it discusses. An indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society, it is published in yearly paper-bound parts (fascicles). Every 4-5 years, recent fascicles are published also in a cloth-bound volume. Part 43 takes the dictionary up to Sham, and A-Sanct is now available in either fascicles or bound volumes from OUP.

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["A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue] touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society, and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations for every word and meaning presented."--College & Research Libraries News

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 23, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198613024
• ISBN-13: 978-0198613022
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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