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
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations quotations in her book on the life of Charles Williams (one of the committee). Later editions of the "Dictionary" were published in 1953 and thereafter, the 6th edition appearing in 2004 (), the 7th in 2009 (), and the 8th in 2014 (), all edited by Elizabeth Knowles. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, first published by the Oxford University Press in 1941, is an 1100-page book listing short quotations that are common in English language and culture. The book begins with a preface explaining the term "quotation". The dictionary has been compiled from extensive evidence