The goal of the Middle English Dictionary is to include all meanings, grammatical forms, and spellings of all the words identified by its extensive reading program. When completed, it will represent what has been called the greatest achievement in medieval scholarship in America and the most important single project in English historical lexicography being carried out anywhere today. After sixty-five years it will have produced about 15,000 pages. TheMiddle English Dictionary, a monumental scholarly endeavor that began more than fifty years ago, is completed with the...
The goal of the Middle English Dictionary is to include all meanings, grammatical forms, and spellings of all the words identified by its exten...
