Nathaniel Spinckes, Anglo-Saxon Glossary (ca. 1698 - ca. 1715)

Date

1698ca. 1715ca.

Lexicographer

Nathaniel Spinckes

Lexicon title

Anglo-Saxon Glossary

Transcription source

Bodleian MS Rawlinson C.887 (Summary Catalogue 12721)

Text type

manuscript

Genre

Bilingual lexicon

Subject area

• Latin
• Old English

Summary

Unpublished glossary of Old English words.

Language

headwords: Anglo-Saxon
explanations: Latin (some English)
explanations: Latin (some English)

Extent

ca. 134 leaves

Word-group

type: alphabetical

Word-entry

type: headword
number: 1189
sample: alear, dimisit, Sax. Mon. p. 39

Criticisms

Bankert, Dabney Anderson. "Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson C.887: An Unpublished Seventeenth-century Anglo-Saxon Glossary by Nathaniel Spinckes." Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 13.4 (December 2012): 400-22. view record