Old French-English Dictionary

Comprehensive, single-volume Old French-English dictionary designed for a broad range of English-speaking users.

Alan Hindley (Author), Frederick W. Langley (Author), Brian J. Levy (Author)

9780521345644, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 31 August 2000

640 pages
23.6 x 16 x 4.4 cm, 1.17 kg

'This is the first dictionary of its kind since 1949, so in that sense it is long overdue. It is a work which will prove invaluable to any English student or scholar reading Old French for any purpose, and its publication in an attractive and manageable paperback volume makes it even more accessible.' Reference Reviews

This is the first Old French-English dictionary of its kind to provide a comprehensive reference tool for a broad range of English-speaking users. In the form of a compendious but manageable single volume, it is designed for both the general and specialist reader of Old French texts including students, scholars, philologists and historians. The dictionary is based on a large and varied number of texts up to c.1350, starting from the 'classics' of medieval French literature and extending through all the genres: epic, romance, religious, moral, didactic and allegorical texts, lyric poetry, drama, humour and satire, as well as non-literary historical, political and legal documents. The aim has been to include a wide range of variant spellings as well as the main dialectal forms to help the anglophone user in particular. Detailed definitions and grammatical functions are provided, together with common phrases with their translations.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. From database to dictionary
2. The dictionary entries
3. How to use the dictionary
4. Conclusion
List of abbreviations
Select bibliography
The dictionary.

Subject Areas: Dictionaries [CBD]