Chaucer in early English dictionaries
Subtitle: the old-word tradition in English lexicography down to 1721 and Speght's Chaucer glossaries
By: Johan Kerling.
Series: Germanic and Anglistic studies of the University of Leiden ; v. 18; Leidse Germanistische en Anglistische reeks van de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden ;; d. 18.
Publisher: Leiden University Press; distribution for the United States and Canada, Kluwer Boston
Published: 1979
Place of publication: [Leiden]; Hingham, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Language -- Glossaries, etc.; Speght, Thomas, fl. 1600.; English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Lexicography.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.; English language -- Obsolete words.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 323-330.
Includes indexes.