An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary is a dictionary of Old English, a language that was previously known as Anglo-Saxon. Four editions of the dictionary were published. It has often (especially in earlier times) been considered the definitive lexicon for Old English. It is often referred to by the names of its creators, for example Bosworth, Bosworth & Toller.

1 Editions
2 References
3 External links

Editions

The 1838 edition

This was written by Joseph Bosworth, who in 1858 became the Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University: the post was renamed in 1916 as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, in Bosworth's honour.

The 1898 edition

While being attributed to "J. Bosworth & T. N. Toller", this was a revision by T. Northcote Toller, based on Bosworth's 1838 dictionary, Bosworth's papers, and additions by Toller.

The 1921 edition

T. Northcote Toller issued a supplement in 1921.

The 1972 edition

Alistair Campbell issued an edition with "enlarged addenda and corrigenda" in 1972

References

Bosworth, J.; & Toller, T. Northcote. (1898). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (Based on Bosworth's 1838 dictionary, his papers & additions by Toller)
Toller, T. Northcote. (1921). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Campbell, A. (1972). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Enlarged addenda and corrigenda. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

External links

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
The 1838 edition from the Internet Archive.
An OCR text version of the 1898 edition.

Dictionaries of English

Old and Middle English dictionaries	An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary · Dictionary of Old English · Middle English Dictionary

Historic dictionaries	A Dictionary of the English Language · The New World of English Words · A New English Dictionary · An Universal Etymological English Dictionary

Descriptive dictionaries	Oxford English Dictionary · Dictionary of American English · Australian Oxford Dictionary · Canadian Oxford Dictionary · Century Dictionary · Dictionary of American Regional English · Merriam–Webster's Dictionary of English Usage · Webster's Third New International Dictionary

Prescriptive dictionaries	The American Heritage Dictionary · Webster's Dictionary · Chambers Dictionary · Collins English Dictionary · New Oxford American Dictionary · Webster's New World Dictionary · Concise Oxford English Dictionary · Macquarie Dictionary · Oxford Dictionary of English · Penguin English Dictionary · Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · Shorter Oxford English Dictionary · World Book Dictionary

Online dictionaries	Collaborative International Dictionary of English · Corpus of Contemporary American English · Wordnik · Urban Dictionary

Learners/ESL dictionaries	Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary · Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary · Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary · Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English · Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary · Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners

Slang dictionaries	Historical Dictionary of American Slang · A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew · A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English