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Literature in English: English Dictionaries

English Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary

Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of English words traced through quotations.

Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus

Complete record of surviving Old English, except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts.

Middle English Compendium

Dictionary and bibliography of Middle English, and a corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. Also includes a large collection of Middle English texts and other resources.