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Foreign & Medieval Languages

Note: Many of the works in this section are either in a foreign language or are about learning a foreign language.   Such materials include translations dictionaries, encyclopedias, etymologies, histories, etc.)

 

  1. English (Old & Middle)
  2. French
  3. German
  4. Greek
  5. Hebrew
  6. Italian
  7. Latin
  8. Portugese
  9. Spanish

 

 

English

 

Anglo-Saxon & Old English Dictionaries

 

Borden, Arthur R.   A Comprehensive Old-English Dictionary.   Washington, D.C.: University Press of America.   1982.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PE279 .B4

 

 

Bosworth, Joseph and Alistair Campbell.   An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary.   Northcote Toller Ed.   Oxford: Oxford UP.   1983.

 

UF owns the following editions:

Smathers,                                                               PE279 .B5 1898

Smathers,                                                               PE279 .B5 1921 Suppl.

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)              PE279 .B52 ( 1954 ed )

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)              PE279 .B52 Suppl. ( 1955 suppl. )

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)              PE279 .B52 1972 Suppl .

Note: UF does not own the 1980 supplement

 

Although the date on this work says 1983, do not let that fool you on how long it has been around.   It has been in print since 1898 .   It is the standard tool for work with the Anglo-Saxon language.   The serious scholar would certainly require it for work in Anglo-Saxon literature (i.e. Beowulf) and language.   The front matter contains an explanation of references and of principle contractions.   The content is arranged alphabetically by the Anglo-Saxon word that is then translated into English.   A must have for this collection.

 

 

Dictionary of Old English .   Toronto, Canada: Published for the Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.   1986.
UF
Smathers, Microform Center (Non-Circulating)             PE279 .D531 1986a

 

Note: See also the section on 'Web Resources' for the Online version.

 

 

Hall, J.R. Clark (John Richard).  A Concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary.   4th ed., with a supplement by Herbert D. Meritt.   Toronto: University of Toronto Press in association with the Medieval Academy of America. 1984.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)                  PE279 .H341 1984 ( 1 copy of 1984 edition )

 

Other Versions:

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PE279 .H341 1961 ( 2 copies of the 1961 ed )

Smathers                                                           PE279 .H3 1961        ( 3 copies of 1961 ed. )

 

 

Roberts, Jane Annette & Christian Kay with Lynne Grundy.   A Thesaurus of Old English.   2 Vol.   London: King's College London, Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies.   1995.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PE279 .R621 1995 (2 copies?)

 

 

Stone, Louise & William Rothwell.   Anglo-Norman Dictionary.   Multi-volume.   Modern Humanities Research Association in conjunction with the Anglo-Norman Text Society.   London: Modern Humanities Research Association.   1977-
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2946 .A58 (Fasc.1-7)

 

 

 

Etymologies

 

Oxford English Dictionary.   2nd ed.   Edited by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner.   20 vol.   New York: Oxford University Press.   1989.
UF
Smathers, Ready Reference (Non-Circulating)             PE1625 .O87 1989

Online access available for the 2000 edition

Multiple Listings--See catalog for all locations & editions

 

The Oxford English Dictionary is a well-known and respected authority on the evolution of the English language.   It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.   It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources (including classical literature, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon).   The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world (i.e. North America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean, etc).   It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

 

 

Grammar

 

Baker, Peter S. Introduction to Old English. Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers. 2003.
UF
Smathers                                 PE135 .B34 2003

 

*Important Note: Peter Baker and the Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies & Manuscript Research have made this work available full-text and free to the general public! Thanks so much!

http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/research/rawl/IOE/index.html

 

 

Campbell, Alistar. Old English Grammar. Oxford: Claredon Press. 1959.
UF
Smathers                                  429.5 C187o (2 copies)

 

 

Mitchell, Bruce and Fred Robinson. A Guide to Old English. Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishers. 2001.
UF
Smathers                                 PE131 .M5 2001

1982 Edition:
Smathers                       PE131.M52001

 

1964 Edition:
Smathers                       429.5 M681g

 

See also: Peter Baker's Old English Website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/

 

Fred Robinson is a scholar of Old English and has been writing books and articles in the field for years. This text is intended as a study guide for (graduate) students and philologists studying the language of Old English. Part one contains all of the background information needed to learn a language: pronunciation, inflexions, word formations, syntax, etc. This section also contains a very good appendix on verbs. Part two contains excellent notes on pronunciation and a huge glossary of Anglo-Saxon words. The index is searchable by subjects and words (inclucing Anglo-Saxon).

 

 

Mitchell, Bruce. Old English Syntax. 2 vol. New York: Oxford University Press. 1985.
UF
Smathers                                  PE213 .M5 1985

 

 

 

Online Resources: Old English

 

Dictionary of Old English Project

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Canada: University of Toronto
   http://www.doe.utoronto.ca/

Microform version available at UF : PE279 .D531 1986a

 

This site is hosted by the Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. The Dictionary of Old English is meant to serve as a bilingual translation dictionary, as well as a historical dictionary. It follows the tradition of the Oxford English Dictionary and it is an inventory and description of the English language from its earliest appearance in written records beginning about 600 A.D. and running until 1150 A.D. The site claims that the Old English writings are about six times the size of the collected works of Shakespeare! Anglo-Saxon scholars will have a field-day.

 

 

Middle English

 

Benson, Larry.   Riverside Chaucer.   See the major category on 'Literature' for the full review.

 

 

Kurath Hans & Sherman Kuhn.   Middle English Dictionary.   Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.   1952
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PE679 .M54

1963 Edition (3 volumes) not available at UF

 

This work is intended to assist the scholar or advanced student in dealing with works in Middle English (e.g. literary works like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales).   It houses an exhaustive listing of Middle English words arranged alphabetically.

 

 

Stratmann, Francis.   A Middle English Dictionary.   Henry Bradley Ed.   Oxford: Oxford UP.   1986.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)   PE675 .S7 1891

Smathers,                                              423 S911m

 

This text has been around for a while and offers the reader a option.   The most important being a table of references to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.   The scholar will find this feature handy.   The front matter also contains the standard list of abbreviations and explanations of references in the work.   A good compliment to the other middle English dictionary in this collection.

 

 

 

Online Resources: Middle & Early Modern English

 

The Early Modern English Dictionaries Database (EMEDD)

   http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/english/emed/emedd.html

 

 

Middle English Compendium


UF
Online version: Access through either the database locator or by doing a title search through the UF libraries catalog.

 

The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources.

 

 

Oxford English Dictionary Online ( OED )


Online access: Use database locator and type in oed
UF

This electronic database represents an integration of both the original 12-volume set from 1933 and the revised Second Edition, which was published in 1989.

Print Version:
UF

Smathers-Ready Reference             PE1625 .O87 1989
Note: See record for multiple holdings in different libraries.

 

The Oxford English Dictionary is a well-known and respected authority on the evolution of the English language.   It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.   It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources (including classical literature, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon).   The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world (i.e. North America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean, etc).   It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

 

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French

 

Medieval & Old French Language Dictionaries

 

     See also the section for 'Latin' for more sources.

 

 

Di Stefano, Giuseppe.   Dictionnaire des Locutions en Moyen Francais.   Montreal: Editions CERES.   1991.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)              PC2889 .D571 1991

 

 

* Godefroy, Frederic.   Dictionnaire de l'Ancienne Langue Francaise...  10 Vol.   Paris: Librairie des sciences et des arts.   1937-1938.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2889 .G6 1937

 

          Note: This is a scholarly/specialized text.

 

          See also:

Godefroy, Frederic.   Lexique de l'Ancien Francais.   Paris: H. Champion.   2003.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2889 .G62 2003

(Just received, check catalog to determine availability or older editions)

The abridged version of the larger work mentioned above.

 

 

Greimas, Algirdas Julien & Teresa Mary Keane.   Dictionnaire du Moyen Francais: la Renaissance. Paris: Larousse.   1992.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2650 .G74 1992

 

See also:    

Greimas, Algirdas Julien.  Dictionnaire de l'Ancien Francais: le Moyen Age.   Paris: Larousse.   1992.

Not at UF: Dictionnaire de l'Ancien Francais Jusqu'au Milieu du XIVe Siecle

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2889 .G76 1980

 

Covers the French language from the Medieval period before 1500.   It also has the French language from 1500-1700 (including the Renaissance).

 

 

Hindley, Alan.   Old French-English Dictionary.   New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.   2000.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2891 .H56 2000

 

 

* Huguet, Edmond.   Dictionnaire de la Langue Francaise du Seizieme Siecle...  7 Vol.   Paris: E. Champion.   1925-1973.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2650 .H7

 

            An early modern French Language dictionary coving the period from 1500-1700.

 

 

Rouquier, Magali.   Vocabulaire d'Ancien Francais.   Paris: Nathan.   1992.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2889 .R68 1992

 

 

* Tobler, Adolf.   Altfranzosisches Worterbuch: Adolf Toblers Nachgelassene Materialien.   11 vol. Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. 1925-1989.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2893 .T6

 

 

Urwin, Kenneth.   A Short Old French Dictionary for Students.   New York: Basil Blackwell.   1986.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2891 .S561 1986

 

 

 

Etymologies

 

See also the above section on 'French--Medieval & Old French Language Dictionaries' on sources that may include etymologies (e.g. Tobler).

 

 

Baldinger, Kurt.   Dictionnaire Etymologique de l'Ancien Francais (DEAF).   Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval.   1971-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2883 .B3 (see catalog for holding details)

 

See also:

Baldinger, Kurt.   Etymologien: Untersuchungen zu FEW 21-23.   Tubingen: M. Niemeyer.   1988-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2580 .B34 1988 (see catalog)

 

 

Gamillscheg, Ernst.   Etymologisches Worterbuch der Franzosischen Sprache.   2 nd Ed.   Heidelberg, C. Winter.   1969.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2580 .G32 1969

 

            An etymological dictionary of the French language written in German.

 

 

Rey, Alain.   Dictionnaire Historique de la Langue Francaise.   2 vol.   Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert.   1992.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2619.H5 D521 1992

 

            An important etymological dictionary of the French language.

 

 

* Wartburg von, Walther.   Franzosisches Etymologisches Worterbuch: Eine Darstellung des Galloromanischen Sprachschatzes.   Tubingen: Mohr.   1948-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2580 .W3 1948

 

This work is a colossal etymological dictionary of the French language written in German.   Warning: it is a scholarly research tool and not intended for the faint of heart!

 

 

 

Histories: Middle Ages (text in French)

Balard, Michel. Bibliographie de l'Histoire Medievale en France (1965-1990).   Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne.   1992.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             DC61 .B351 1992

 

            A bibliography covering French history for the medieval period 987-1515.

 

 

Delorme, Jean.   Les Grandes Dates du Moyen Age.   Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.   1976.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             D101.7 .D4 1976

 

 

Favier, Jean.   Dictionnaire de la France Medievale.   Paris: Fayard, c1993.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             DC60.6 .F381 1993

 

            A history of France from 476-1483.

 

 

Fedou, Rene.   Lexique Historique du Moyen Age.   3 rd Ed.   Paris: A. Colin. 1995.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)   D101.5 .L4921 1995

 

            A historical lexicon of the Middle Ages (476-1492 AD).

 

 

Gauvard, Claude, Alain de Libera, & Michel Zink.   Dictionnaire du Moyen Age.   Paris: Quadrige/PUF:   2002.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             CB351 .D53 2002

 

 

Touati, François-Oliver.   Vocabulaire Historique du Moyen Age.   Paris: La Boutique de l'Histoire.   1995.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             CB 351 V 55 1995

 

 

 

General Works

 

For a modern French language dictionary, see:

 

Robert, Paul.   Dictionnaire Alphabetique et Analogique de la Langue Francaise.   9 vol.   Paris: Le Robert.   1989.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2625 .R552 1989

 

1192 Electronic Version: CD-ROM

Smathers, Ready Reference             PC2625 .R552 1992a

 

 

 

Latin-French/English Dictionary

 

     See also the section for Latin for the full listing:

 

Cosman, Madeleine. Medieval Wordbook. New York: Facts on File. 1996.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating) CB351 .C63 1996

 

This book defines unfamiliar medieval words and phrases. It also includes some common Latin and French words and phrases. The arrangement is alphabetical. There is no table of contents. The rear index is searchable by subject and name (either people or family name).

 

 

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik.   Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PA2364 .N51 1954

 

 

 

Online Resources: French

 

ARTFL

    http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/

 

 

Literature of the French Middle Ages

                                                                                                    Tennessee Bob Peckham
     http://www.utm.edu/~globeg/middle.ages.shtml

 

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German

 

Old & Middle High-German Dictionaries

 

     See also the sub-section for 'Latin' to find more sources.

 

Anderson, Robert; Ulrich Goebel, and Oskar Reichmann.   Fruhneuhochdeutsches Worterbuch.   New York: W. de Gruyter.   1986-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PF4591 .F78 1986

 

 

Bachmann, Albert.   Mittelhochdeutsches Lesebuch mit Grammatik und Worterbuch.   Zurich: Beer.   1927.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             437.02 b124m 1927

 

            Middle High German language and grammar--1050-1500 AD.

 

 

* Grimm, Jacob; Karl Grimm, and Wilhelm Grimm.   Deutsches Worterbuch.   16 vol.   Leipzig: S. Hirzel.   1854-1960.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PF3625 .G7

 

 

* Mittelhochdeutsche Worterbucher (Middle high-German dictionary) Online

     http://gaer27.uni-trier.de/MWV-online/MWV-online.html

 

 

Muller, Wilhelm.   Mittelhochdeutsches Worterbuch: Mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von George Friedrich Benecke.   3 vol.   Hildesheim: G. Olm.   1963.
UF
Smathers, Storage                                                 437.0203 M958m 1963

 

 

Wackernagel, Wilhelm.   Altdeutsches Handworterbuch.   Basel, Schweighauser.   1878.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PT1105 .W3

 

            Old High German language 750-1050 AD

            Middle High German 1050-1500 AD

 

 

* Wahrig, Gerhard   Hildegard Krämer, and Harald Zimmermann.   Brockhaus Wahrig Deutsches Worterbuch.   6 vol.   Wiesbaden: F.A. Brockhaus.   1980-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PF3625 .B761

 

            For other general info. on the middle ages, see also:

            Brockhaus Enzyklopadie 25 vol.
            UF
            Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             AG27 .B861 1986

 

 

 

Etymologies: German Language

 

Kluge, Friedrich.   Etymologisches Worterbuch der Deutschen Sprache.   New York: de Gruyter.   1989.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PF3580 .K45x 1989

            1963 Version:

            Smathers, Storage                                 432 P66e19

            1953 Version:

            Smathers, Storage                                 PF3580 .K5 1953

            1894 Version:

            Smathers, Storage                                 432.03 K66e5

 

 

Pfeifer, Wolfgang.   Etymologisches Worterbuch des Deutschen.   3 vol.   Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.   1989.
UF
Smathers, Storage                                                 PF3580 .E8961 1989

 

 

 

Etymologies about the French Language (in German)

 

See also the sub-category 'French--Medieval & Old French Language Dictionaries--Etymologies' section for works on French etymology written in German (partial citation listed here).

 

 

Baldinger, Kurt.   Etymologien: Untersuchungen zu FEW 21-23.   Tubingen: M. Niemeyer.   1988-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2580 .B34 1988

Storage                                                             PC2580 .B34 1988

 

 

Gamillscheg, Ernst.   Etymologisches Worterbuch der Franzosischen Sprache.  Heidelberg: C. Winter. 1969.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2580 .G32 1969

 

 

Tobler, Adolf.   Altfranzosisches Worterbuch: Adolf Toblers Nachgelassene Materialien.

 

See the sub-category 'French--Medieval & Old French Language Dictionaries' for full citation.

 

 

* Wartburg von, Walther.   Franzosisches Etymologisches Worterbuch: Eine Darstellung des Galloromanischen Sprachschatzes.  24+ vol. Tubingen: Mohr. 1948.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC2580 .W3 1948

 

Note: Multiple years and citations--please see the catalog.

 

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Greek

 

Estienne, Henri.   Thesauros tes Hellenikes Glosses.   7 vol.   Londoni: In aedibus Valpianus.   1816-25.
UF
Special Collections, Rare Books (Non-Circulating)             483.7 E81t 1816 Oversize

 

This work is also a database known as 'Thesaurus Graecae Linguae'.
No Access at UF

 

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Hebrew

 

Dictionaries

 

These sources are taken from the major category of 'Judaica--Languages'.

 

 

Alcalay, Reuben.   The Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary.   2 vol.   Tel-Aviv: Massada.   1981.
UF
Education Library: Judaica Collection, Reference (Non-Circulating)    PJ4833 .A4 1981

1970 Version:

Education Library: Judaica Collection                      PJ4833 .A4 1970

1959 Version (4 volumes):

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)                    PJ4833 .A4

 

 

Avinoam, Reuven.   Compendious Hebrew-English Dictionary: Comprising a Complete Vocabulary of Biblical, Mishnaic, Medieval and Modern Hebrew.   Tel-Aviv, Israel: The Dvir Publishing Co.   1951.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)                    PJ4833 .G7

            1960 Version: Not at UF

 

 

Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer.   Milon ha-Lashon ha-Ivrith.   15 vol.   Jerusalem, Ben-Yehuda, hozaa-la'or le zecher Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.   1940.
UF
Education Library: Judaica Collection                     PJ4830 .B36

 

            A scholarly dictionary of the history of the Hebrew Language.

 

 

Ma'agarim; mif' al ha-milon ha-Histori la-Lashon ha-'Ivrit = Historical Dictionary Project of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.   [CD-ROM]   Yerushalayim: ha-Akademyah la-Lashon ha-'Ivrit.   1998-.
Not at UF

 

Basically, a Hebrew version of the Oxford English Dictionary.   It traces word origins back to their first usage in written texts.   At present, coverage begins in 200 B.C.E. and extends up to the mid 11 th century.  

 

 

Targarona Borras, Judit.   Milon `Ivri-Sefaradi / Yehudit Targaronah = Diccionario Hebreo-Espanol: Biblico, Rabinico, Medieval, Moderno.   Bartselonah: Riyopidras.   1995.
UF
Education Library: Judaica Collection                     PJ4835.S6 T37 1995 (2 copies)

 

 

 

Guides (Hebrew dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.)

 

See also the major category of 'Judaica--Languages' for more citations.

 

 

Brisman, Shimeon.   A History and Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances.   Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Pub. House.   2000.
UF
Education Library: Judaica Collection, Reference (Non-Circulating)        Z6366 .B8 2000

 

Excerpt taken from: Judaica Reference Sources: A Selective, Annotated Bibliographic Guide, by Charles Cutter.

"The guide covers the period from the tenth century to the present.   It provides detailed descriptions of medieval Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Aramaic, and Talmudic dictionaries, as well as miscellaneous subject dictionaries."

 

 

Brisman, Shimeon.   A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons.   Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press.   1987.
UF
Education Library: Judaica Collection, Reference (Non-Circulating) Z6366 .B8 1977 vol.2

 

 

 

Hebrew Language Websites

 

 

Babylon

    www.babylon.com

 

 

Davar

    http://www.faithofgod.net/davar/davar.htm

 

 

Hebrew Literature Resources

    http://lib.haifa.ac.il/www/subj/hebrew_lit/hebrew.html

 

 

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Italian

 

Italian Language Dictionaries

 

Battaglia, Salvatore.   Grande Dizionario della Lingua Italiana.   21 vol.   Torino: Unione tipografico-editrice torinese.   1961.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC1625 .B3

 

            A major work that is similar to the Oxford English Dictionary.

 

 

Etymologies

 

Battisti, Carlo.   Dizionario Etimologico Italiano.   5 vol.   Firenze: Barbera.   1950-57.
UF
Smathers, Storage                                                 PC1580 .B3

 

 

Cortelazzo, Manlio & Paolo Zolli.   Dizionario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana.   5 vol.   Bologna: Zanichelli.   1979.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC1580 .C67

 

            An etymological dictionary for the Italian language.

 

 

Pfister, Max.   Lessico Etimologico Italiano: LEI.   32+ fascicles.   Wiesbaden: L. Reichert.   1979.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC1580 .P38 ( see catalog for holdings )

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC1580 .P382 1979

 

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Latin

 

Blaise, Albert.   Dictionnaire Latin-Francais des Auteurs Chretiens.   Strasbourg, Le Latin chretien; depositaire pour l'etranger: Librairie des Meridiens, Paris.   1954.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PA2308 .B6

 

            See also:

           Blaise, Albert.   Dictionnaire Latin-Francais des Auteurs du Moyen Age.
           Turnholti: Typographi Brepols.   1975.
           Not at UF

 

This work gives special attention to the vocabulary of history, hagiography, liturgy, philosophy, theology, canon law, etc. from the 7 th to the 13 th cent.
Source : Balay's Guide to Reference Books

 

 

Cosman, Madeleine. Medieval Wordbook. New York: Facts on File. 1996.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating) CB351 .C63 1996

 

This book defines unfamiliar medieval words and phrases. It also includes some common Latin and French words and phrases. The arrangement is alphabetical. There is no table of contents. The rear index is searchable by subject and name (either people or family name).

 

 

* Du Cange, Charles du Fresne.   Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis.  10 vol.   Paris: Librairie des sciences et des arts.   1937-38.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PA2889 .D8 1937 (see catalog for other editions)

 

 

*Latham, R.E. and Howlett, D.R.   Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources .   London: Published for the British Academy by Oxford UP.   1975.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating), fasc.1-7             PA2891 .L28

 

See also:

Latham, R.E. Revised Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources. London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press. 1965.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating) PA2891 .L3

 

 

 

Latin Dictionaries & Grammar Aids

 

University of Notre Dame
http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm

 

A searchable Online dictionary for Latin that contains over 15,000 words.   One can search by the stem of the word or its' ending.   This dictionary, as well as Whitaker's (listed below) are intended mainly to aid the beginning student of Latin.

 

See also: William Whitaker's Words
http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe

This sister site to the Latin Dictionary listed above has twice the amount of words available for searching, but is not quite as user-friendly.

 

 

Mittellateinisches Worterbuch bis zum Ausgehenden 13. [i.e. dreizehnten] Jahrhundert.   Munchen: Beck, 1959-1991.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PA2893.G3 M48 1959 (see catalog for holding information)

 

 

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik.   Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus.   A Medieval Latin - French/English dictionary.   Leiden, Brill.   1954-76.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PA2364 .N51 1954

 

 

Stelten, Leo.   Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions.   Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson.   1995.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PA2891 .D53 1995

 

 

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL)
UF
Smathers, Reference Oversized (Non-Circulating)             PA2361 .T4

 

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Online project): Institute of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University (Netherlands) & Part of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

http://www.tei-c.org/Applications/apps-el02.html

TLL attempts to understand the Latin language from the 3rd century B.C. to 600 A.D. TLL contains both literary texts and documentary evidence.   This project is attempting to create an electronic version of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae.

 

 

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Portuguese

 

Portuguese Language Dictionaries

 

Moraes e Silva, Antonio de.   Grande Dicionario da Lingua Portuguesa.   12 vol.   Lisboa: Editorial Confluência.   1949-59.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC5327 .M733

 

 

 

Etymologies

 

Machado, Jose Pedro.   Dicionario Etimologico da Lingua Portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentacao escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocabulos estudados.   5 vol.   Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.   1989.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC5305 .D521 1989

 

See catalog for the 1932 & 1956 versions of this work.

 

 

 

Histories

 

Serrao, Joel.   Dicionario De Historia De Portugal.   9 vol.   Lisboa: Iniciativas Editoriais.   1975-2000.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             DP 535 .D52 1985

 

1975 Edition:

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             DP 535 .D52 1975

 

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Spanish

 

Medieval Spanish Dictionaries

 

For more sources, see also the UF Libraries catalog under the subject heading: Spanish Language--to 1500--Dictionaries

 

 

Alonso Pedraz, Martin.   Diccionario Medieval Espanol: desde las Glosas emilianenses y silenses (s.X) hasta el siglo XV.   Salamanca: Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.   1986.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC4715.Z5 A45 1986

 

 

Kasten, August and John Nitti. Diccionario de la Prosa Castellana del Rey Alfonso X. 3 vol. New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies. 2002.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)            PQ9189.A44 K37 2002

 

 

Kasten, August and Florian Cody.   Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish.   New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies.   2001.
UF
Storage                                                             PC4715.Z5 K37 2001

 

1946 Edition:

Smathers Microfilm                                   BN56090.4

 

 

Muller, Bodo.   Diccionario del Espanol Medieval.   Heidelberg: C. Winter.   1987-
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC4715.Z5 M8 1987 (Band 1:fasc.1-23)

 

 

 

Etymologies

 

Corominas, Joan.   Diccionario Critico Etimologico Castellano e Hispanico.   6 vol.   Madrid: Editorial Gredos.   1980-
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC4580 .C6 1980

 

 

Garcia de Diego, Vicente.   Diccionario Etimologico Espanol e Hispanico.   Madrid: Espasa-Calpe.   1985.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC4580 .G33 1985

Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC4580 .G65 1985

 

 

 

General Works

 

Modern Dictionaries

 

Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola (Real Academia Espanola).   Madrid: Espasa-Calpe.   1992.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             PC4625 .A3 1992 (check catalog for other holdings)

 

 

 

Encyclopedias

 

Arbues Villa, Javier & Guillermo Fatas Cabeza.   Gran Enciclopedia de Espana.   18 Vol.   Zaragoza, Espana: Enciclopedia de Espana.   1990-.
UF
Library West, Reference (Non-Circulating)             DP12 .G73x 1990

 

 

Specialized Works

 

Herrera, Maria Teresa.   Diccionario Espanol de Textos Medicos Antiguos.   2 Vol.   Madrid: Arco/Libros.   1996.
UF
Storage                                                 R135 .D53 1996

            Medieval medical terms in Spanish.

 

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