Etymological Collections of English Words and Provincial Expressions

by White Kennett

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This book is the first critical edition of White Kennett's Etymologicon Anglicanum (British Library, MS Lansdowne 1033), a long forgotten etymological compilation of the late 1690s with a substantial amount of regional dialect material. The work drew the attention of dialect lexicographers of the nineteenth century, such as Joseph Wright, and serves as documentary evidence for the OED.

This new scholarly edition of Kennett's glossary is divided...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198792719

ISBN13:9780198792710

Release Date:September 2018

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:490 Pages

Weight:2.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 6.6" x 9.8"

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