UK LIBRARIES
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Dictionaries
Young Reference has the following Old English dictionaries:
Bosworth, Joseph. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth ... Edited and Enlarged by T. Northcote Toller (Oxford: Clarendon, 1882-98). PE279 .B5 (Also available in Special Collections, King Library South. 429 B655)
Toller, T. Northcote. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement by T. Northcote Toller (Oxford: Clarendon, 1921). PE279 .B5 supp.
Hall, J. R. Clark. 4th edition, with a supplement by Herbert D. Meritt. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960). PE279 .H180 1961 [available in paperback from Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. ISBN: 0-8020-6548-1]
Catalogues
Also available in Young Reference:
Ker, N. R. Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon, 1990). Z6605 .A56 K4 1990
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Microfiche Resources
Important microfiche resources relating to the new Dictionary of Old English now in progress are available in Research in Computing for Humanities (RCH), 3-51 Young Library. (For access, call or email Dorothy Porter, Program Coordinator for RCH, at 257-9549 or dporter@rch.uky.edu.)
Healey, Antonette di Paulo and Richard L. Venezky. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English (Newark, Del.: University of Delaware, 1980).
Venezky, Richard L., Sharon Butler, and Antonette Di Paolo. A Microfiche Concordance to Old English: the High-Frequency Words (Toronto: Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1985).
Healey, Antonette di Paolo, Joan Holland, David McDougall, Ian McDougall, Nancy Speirs, and Pauline Thompson. Fascicles A-E. The Dictionary of Old English (Toronto: Dictionary of Old English Project, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1986-1996).
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Bibliographies
Old English Newsletter (OEN). Published for the Old English Division of the Modern Language Association of America. Young Periodicals. PR251 .O430. Annual bibliography of scholarly publications on Old English language and literature; annotated "Year's Work in Old English."
Anglo-Saxon England (ASE). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. King Storage Periodicals. DA152.2 .A75. Annual bibliography of scholarship in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies.
Greenfield, Stanley B. and Fred C. Robinson. A Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature, from the Beginnings Through 1972 (Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1980). Z2012 .G83. Covers the literature previous to the OEN and ASE bibliographies.
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ONLINE RESOURCES
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Beowulf Websites
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries, "Resources for the Study of Beowulf".
Ben Slade's Beowulf on Steorarume (Beowulf in Cyberspace). An online edition and a compendium of online Beowulf materials.
Syd Allan's Beowulf Website. Comprehesive collection of materials "for people who are just starting to learn about Beowulf."
Robert Hasenfratz's Beowulf Bibliography 1979-1994.
The Electronic Beowulf
Kevin Kiernan, University of Kentucky
The complete user's guide to the digital facsimile edition on CD-ROM; also includes a bibliography of Beowulf scholarship (1990-2001) and online articles.
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Megasites
Labyrinth: Anglo-Saxon Culture
Many links to websites devoted to Anglo-Saxon literature and culture.
ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies: Anglo-Saxon England
Gateway to multiple resources on Old English language and literature.
Old English Pages, Catherine Ball, Georgetown University
"An encyclopedic compendium of resources for the study of Old English and Anglo-Saxon England."
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Aids to Learning Old English
Old English Aerobics, Peter Baker, University of Virginia
Java-based instructional tools for learning Old English grammar.
Old English at the University of Calgary, Murray McGillivray
Online course in Old English language and literature; includes interactive "flashcards" and exercises for learning Old English grammar.
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Searching the entire Old English corpus
Dictionary of Old English - Old English Corpus
Simple, boolean, proximity, and bibliography searches throughout the entire corpus of Old English.
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Bosworth-Toller Dictionary
Bosworth, Joseph. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth ... Edited and Enlarged by T. Northcote Toller (Oxford: Clarendon, 1882-98).
Toller, T. Northcote. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement by T. Northcote Toller (Oxford: Clarendon, 1921).
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