Corpus Glossary

The Corpus Glossary is one of many Old English glossaries. It is a descendant of the Leiden Glossary and the Épinal-Erfurt glossary.[1]

History

The manuscript of the Corpus Glossary dates to the 8th century.[2]

The Corpus Glossary is among the oldest extant texts in the English language.[3]

Currently the Corpus Glossary is kept at the library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hessels, J.H. (2011). An Eighth-Century Latin-Anglo-Saxon Glossary Preserved in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108029087. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. ↑ Hartmann, R.R.K. (2003). Lexicography: Dictionaries, compilers, critics, and users. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9780415253666. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. ↑ "The Dialect of the Corpus Glossary on JSTOR". JSTOR 458625.
  4. ↑ Lindsay, W.M. (2014). The Corpus Glossary. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107637818. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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