- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Evertype; Revised edition (1 May 2009)
- Language Middle English, English
- ISBN-10: 1904808239
- ISBN-13: 978-1904808237
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 901,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although in the age of the Internet we have access to the magnificent Middle English Compendium hosted by the University of Michigan, few students of Middle English would question the usefulness of a desktop copy for day-to-day reference. There has been no handy, reliable edition of such a dictionary for many years. The 1888 edition of Mayhew and Skeat's Concise Dictionary of Middle English can sometimes be found in antiquarian bookshops, but it is scarce, and available copies vary in both condition and cost. This new edition of Mayhew and Skeat has been revised and completely reset for the modern reader. It offers in a concise form more than 11,000 headwords with source references, cross references, and etymologies.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Evertype edition--a careful, properly typeset book worthy of the name "dictionary",
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This review is from: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Hardcover)
At the risk of showing blatent conflict-of-interest, I'm writing this because I noticed that reviews for OTHER publishers' editions (and their ratings) showed up on this listing. I won't belabour this review with self-serving hyperbole. I'll just quote two paragraphs from the introduction:"Free online digital editions of the dictionary are now available at two major archives, and these too are useful for online searching. Some of these have been edited into legible formats; some are more or less raw ascii texts. A few "publishers" have released printed versions which are little more than dumps of those plain-text files--and I use the scare quotes advisedly here, feeling sorry for those students who have bought those editions thinking that they were, in fact, buying proper dictionaries. "This edition has been set in Baskerville, a clear and accessible font, which it is hoped, will increase the legibility of the book. Further choices made in typesetting have led to additional changes in format, both for aesthetic reasons and to modernize the text in line with the contemporary reader's expectations." I trust that potential buyers will take advantage of Amazon's excellent "Look Inside!" feature before making their purchase decisions. Also available in paperback:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant book, awful binding,
By Markus (Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Hardcover)
Review of the hardcover edition.Concerning the contents this dictionary is absolutely brilliant. If you read ME you will want this wordhoard. It contains pretty much all ME words, is clearly set out and printed in an easy to read font. The contents deserve 5 stars - and you'll be glad you got this book. Concerning the binding this is one massive con! Do not be fooled by the term "hardcover" - the book is glued, not sewn, and stuck into a hardcover by its endleaves. This product is not made to last, which, considering that it's a dictionary which by it's very nature is subject to frequent use, is totally out of order. The binding deserves 0 stars - and you'll regret getting this book. Overall 2.5 stars.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Evertype edition--a careful, properly typeset book worthy of the name "dictionary",
By Michael Everson "Evertype" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Hardcover)
At the risk of showing blatent conflict-of-interest, I'm writing this because I noticed that reviews for OTHER publishers' editions (and their ratings) showed up on this listing. I won't belabour this review with self-serving hyperbole. I'll just quote two paragraphs from the introduction:"Free online digital editions of the dictionary are now available at two major archives, and these too are useful for online searching. Some of these have been edited into legible formats; some are more or less raw ascii texts. A few "publishers" have released printed versions which are little more than dumps of those plain-text files--and I use the scare quotes advisedly here, feeling sorry for those students who have bought those editions thinking that they were, in fact, buying proper dictionaries. "This edition has been set in Baskerville, a clear and accessible font, which it is hoped, will increase the legibility of the book. Further choices made in typesetting have led to additional changes in format, both for aesthetic reasons and to modernize the text in line with the contemporary reader's expectations." I trust that potential buyers will take advantage of Amazon's excellent "Look Inside!" feature before making their purchase decisions. Also available in paperback: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Middle English Edition) 6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Amateurishly typeset,
By David M. Jones - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Paperback)
The BiblioBazaar edition of "A Concise Dictionary of Middle English" appears to be a poorly typeset copy of the electronic text available from Project Gutenberg (Ebook #10625). BiblioBazaar improved on the Plain Label Books edition by replacing underlined words with italic text, but that seems to be the limit of their effort. For example, instead of using boldface, words are surrounded by tildes (~bold~) and yoghs are represented as "3*", just as in the Gutenberg text.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Evertype edition--a careful, properly typeset book worthy of the name "dictionary",
By Michael Everson "Evertype" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Paperback)
At the risk of showing blatent conflict-of-interest, I'm writing this because I noticed that reviews for OTHER publishers' editions (and their ratings) showed up on this listing. I won't belabour this review with self-serving hyperbole. I'll just quote two paragraphs from the introduction:"Free online digital editions of the dictionary are now available at two major archives, and these too are useful for online searching. Some of these have been edited into legible formats; some are more or less raw ascii texts. A few "publishers" have released printed versions which are little more than dumps of those plain-text files--and I use the scare quotes advisedly here, feeling sorry for those students who have bought those editions thinking that they were, in fact, buying proper dictionaries. "This edition has been set in Baskerville, a clear and accessible font, which it is hoped, will increase the legibility of the book. Further choices made in typesetting have led to additional changes in format, both for aesthetic reasons and to modernize the text in line with the contemporary reader's expectations." I trust that potential buyers will take advantage of Amazon's excellent "Look Inside!" feature before making their purchase decisions. Also available in hardcover: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (Middle English Edition) |
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