Middle English Dictionary Middle English Dictionary The Middle English Dictionary is a dictionary of Middle English published by the University of Michigan. "Its 15,000 pages offer a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips, the largest collection of this kind available." The project began in the 1920s. The first instalment, "Plan and Bibliography", containing a list of Middle English texts used for the "Middle English Dictionary", was published by Hans Kurath and Sherman Kuhn in 1954. More fascicles were published in numerous volumes (in alphabetical order) over
Concise Oxford English Dictionary In addition to providing information for general use, it documents local variations such as United States and United Kingdom usage. It was started as a derivative of the "Oxford English Dictionary" ("OED"), although section S–Z had to be written before the "Oxford English Dictionary" reached that stage. However, starting from the 10th edition, it is based on the "Oxford Dictionary of English" (also known as the "NODE") rather than the "OED". The most recent edition is the 12th edition, published in 2011. Until 2000, it was the dictionary used on the UK game show "Countdown". Contents are derived from "New