Description

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 merged 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 every word and meaning it discusses. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society. This "Scots OED" is published in paper-bound parts (fascicles) and also as volumes, each containing several parts.

Features

• A unique resource for scholars of Older Scots language, literature, and history
• Comprehensive coverage providing information on every aspect of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society
• Based on over 1,000,000 quotations from more than 2,000 printed and manuscript sources

Product Details

706 pages; 31 maps & line illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-860540-9ISBN10: 0-19-860540-4