A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching) - Softcover

Clark Hall, J.R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802065481 ISBN 13: 9780802065483

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1984

Synopsis

This classic dictionary deals carefully and exhaustively with all the words which occur in Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose. Variant dialectic forms are given, together with variant forms found in the same dialect. Purely poetic words and words not common in prose are indicated, and references are given to the passages in which they occur. First published in 1894, this is a reprint of the fourth edition (Cambridge University Press, 1960).

About this title

About the Author

John R. Hall is director of the Center for History, Society, and Culture at the University of California, Davis and has also taught sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the author of Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe, and Japan and The Ways Out: Utopian Communal Groups in an Age of Babylon.

Kass Hall is a mixed-media artist and instructor from Australia who has explored many art forms over the years, including scrapbooking, painting, sculpture and graphic design. Her current art focuses on art journaling and drawing, with an emphasis on Zentangle. Kass has degrees in Fine Art and Design and Secondary Education and is also a certified Zentangle instructor. Her work has been published in"For Keeps Scrapbooking", "Scrapbooking Memories Australia", "Scrapbook Creations" and "Cloth Paper Scissors Studios".

Language Notes

Text: English

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802065481
• ISBN 13: 9780802065483
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 432