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John Dee, English Glosses on Welsh Words in William Salesbury's Dictionary (ca. 1574 - ca. 1583)

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Date

1574ca. 1583ca.

Lexicographer

John Dee Note: 30/09/2005

Transcription source

Trinity College Dublin Library (Archbishop James Ussher's books)

Text type

manuscript

Genre

Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies

Subject area

alchemy
chemistry

Summary

Handwritten glosses by John Dee in a copy of William Salesbury's Dictionary (1547) that supply omitted English translational equivalents for Welsh headwords

Word-group

type: alphabetical

Word-entry

type: gloss
sample: Gwres y llefrith Leuke warme (g1v)

Ian Lancashire, Editor.
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