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Walter William Skeat
Walter William Skeat (1835-1912)

linguist, philologist, etymologist

  • University of Cambridge, Highgate School

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A concise etymological dictionary of the English language
Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula
Supplement to
Fables & folk-tales from an eastern forest
Principles of English etymology
A Mœso-Gothic glossary, with an intr., an outline of Mœso-Gothic grammar, and a list of Anglo ..
English dialects from the eighth century to the present day
An English-Anglo-Saxon vocabulary
The concise dictionary of English etymology
A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words, especially from the dramatists, collected by Walter W. Skeat ..
The wars of Alexander
Questions for Examination in English Literature: Chiefly Selected from College-papers Set in ..
Malay magic
Reprinted glossaries
A student's pastime
The Gospel According to Saint Mark: In Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian Versions, Synoptically ..
Rime-index to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
The Chaucer canon, with a discussion of the works associated with the name of Geoffrey Chaucer
Rime-index to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
Malay magic
Specimens of English Literature from the 'Ploughmans Crede' to the ..
A Student's Pastime: Being a Select Series of Articles Reprinted from "Notes and Queries,"
A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words
Early English proverbs, chiefly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with illustrative quotations
The past at our doors
A Mœso-Gothic glossary
Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the 'Shepheardes calender,' A.D. 1394-A.D. 1579
The problem of spelling reform
The science of etymology
A Moeso-Gothic Glossary with an Introduction: An Outline of Moeso-Gothic ..
Original glossaries
Pierce the Ploughmans Crede (about 1394 A.D.)
A primer of classical and English philology
The place-names of Berkshire
A Moeso-Gothic glossary
Malay magic
The Gospel according to Saint John: with collations exhibiting all the readings of all the mss
Twelve facsimiles of old English manuscripts
The place-names of Suffolk
Nine specimens of English dialects
Notes on English etymology
A bibliographical list of the works that have been published, or are known to exist in MS., illustrative of the various dialects of English
The place-names of Bedfordshire
Specimens of English Literature, from the 'Ploughmans Crede' to the 'Shepheardes Calender', A.D ..
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
The place-names of Bedfordshire
The past at our doors; or, The old in the new around us
The Lay of Havelock the Dane
Specimens of English Literature from the 'Ploughmans Erede' to the 'Shepheardes Calender,' A. D ..
Malay Magic
The Chaucer Canon: With a Discussion of the Works Associated with the Name ..
The Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and Old Mercian Versions: Synoptically Arranged ..
An English-Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary
A Primer of English Etymology
The evolution of the Canterbury tales
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (Dictionary)
Specimens of English Literature from the 'Ploughmans Crede' to the 'Shepheardes Calendar,' A.D ..
Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula
Glossarial index to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer
The place-names of Cambridgeshire
A bibliographical list of the works that have been published
Original glossaries, and glossaries with fresh additions. III
( Havelok the Dane). The lay of Havelok the Dane
Alexander And Dindimus
Early English proverbs, chiefly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
The romance of William of Palerne
Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the 'Shepheardescalendar,' A.D. 1394- A.D. 1579
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
The Wars Of Alexander
Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula
CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ENG
The Romance Of William Of Palerne
The Lay Of Havelok, The Dane
Sakei tribes in Selangor
Concise Etymological Dictionary
Joseph of Arimathie Otherwise Called The Romance of the Seint Graal or Holy Grail
A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words especially from the dramatists
Original glossaries. XXIII. Isle of Wight words
A Primer of English etymology
Specimens of English literature
The eight-text edition of the Canterbury tales
Fables [and] folk-tales from an eastern forest
Language and Linguistics on CD
The Chaucer canon
A student's pastime
The tiger's mistake
The evolution of the Canterbury tales
Malay magic, being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula
An English - Anglo-Saxon vocabulary
Shakespeare's Plutarch
Nine Specimens Of English Dialects
Twelve facsimiles of old English MSS., with transcriptions and an introd
On the history of spelling
A list of English words
The place-names of Cambridgeshire
Original glossaries, and glossaries with fresh additions
The gospel according to Saint Mark
Isle of Wight words
Aelfric's lives of Saints
Eymological dictionary of the English language
Specimens of English literature from the "Ploughmans Crede" to the "Shepheardes Calender" A.D. 1394
Specimens of English literature
The place-names of Bedfordshire
Alexander and Dindimus: or, The letters of Alexander to Dindimus, King of the Brahmans, with the replies of Dindimus
A primer of English etymology
A concis etymological dictionary of the English language
The tale of Gamelyn
The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, and Richard the Redeles, by William Langland, edited from numerous manuscripts, with prefaces, notes, and indexes by Walter W. Skeat
Fables and Folk Tales from an Eastern Forest
Chaucer Canon
Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula
Fables and folk-tales from an eastern forest
Aelfric's Lives Of Saints Part One
The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis
Romans of Partenay or of Lusignen
A Moeso-Gothic glossary with an introduction
A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words (Anglistica and Americana, Vol 4)
The Tale Of The Man Of Lawe; The Pardoneres Tale; The Second Nonnes Tale; The Chanouns Yemannes Tale
A bibliographical list of the works that have been published
The lay of Havelok the Dane
Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the 'Shepheardes calendar,' A.D. 1394-A.D. 1579
Nine Specimens of English Dialects (English Dialect Society Publications Ser)
An etymological dictionary of the English language
Twelve facsimiles of Old English manuscripts, with transcriptions and an introduction
The Gospel of Saint Mark in Gothic
The lay of Havelok the Dane
Pierce The Ploughman's Crede, About 1394 A.D
Specimens of English literature from the "Ploughmans Crede" to the "Shepheardes Calender" A.D. 1394
The place-names of Hertfordshire
Etymological dictionary of the English language
Malay Magic: Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of ...
The Proverbs Of Alfred
A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (1888)
Glossarial index to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucerian and Other Pieces
Aelfric's Lives Of Saints Part Two
Questions for examination in English literature
English dialects
English-Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary
Lancelot of the Laik
The lay of Havelok the Dane
Joseph of Arimathie: otherwise called, The romance of the Seint Graal, or Holy Grail
Original glossaries, and glossaries with fresh additions
The corrupt spelling of old English names
The lay of Havelok the Dane
Joseph of Arimathie
The proverbs of Alfred
The Kingis Quair: Together with a Ballad of Good Counsel
The tale of Gamelyn
John Peile, Litt. D., 1838-1910
Lancelot of the Laik
The Gospel according to Saint Matthew and according to Saint Mark
The lay of Havelok the Dane
The place-names of Berkshire
Malaysian fables, folk tales & legends
Hand-list of some cognate words in English, Latin, and Greek
The gospel of St. Mark in gothic
Pierce the Ploughmans crede (about 1394 A.D.)
An etymological dictionary of the English language
Specimens of English dialects
An English-Anglo-Saxon vocabulary
The Bruce
Pierce the Ploughmans crede (about 1394 A.D.)
Glossary of Stuart and Tudor Words/ Anglistica and Americana Series Number Four
The Gospel according to Saint Matthew in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and old Mercian versions
Nine specimens of English dialects
Early English proverbs
Alexander and Dindimus: or, The letters of Alexander to Dindimus, King of the Brahmans, with the replies of Dindimus
English Dialect Society
The problem of spelling reform
Joseph of Arimathie, otherwise called The romance of the Seint Graal, or ...
The proverbs of Alfred
Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula
The Kingis Quair: Together with a Ballad of Good Counsel
The Romans of Partenay, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine:
A tale of Ludlow Castle
The place-names of Huntingdonshire
Lancelot of the laik
Reprinted glossaries
The "kingis Quair"
Original glossaries
Concise etymological dictionary of the English language
A primer of English etymology
Lancelot of the Laik
The alliterative romance of Alexander and Dindimus
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language
English-Anglo-Saxon vocabulary
The proverbs of Alfred, re-edited from the manuscripts
A bibliographical list of the works that have been published, or are known to exist in ms
Pierce the Ploughmans crede (about 1394 A.D.)
The romance of William of Palerne
The Romans of Partenay, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine
The Gospel according to Saint John in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions synoptically arranged
The Gospel according to Saint Luke
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language
A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words, especially from the dramatists,
Joseph of Arimathie
An etymological dictionary of the English language
English Dialects from the Eighth Century to Present Day
Joseph of Arimathie
The place-names of Hertfordshire
The Gospel according to Saint Luke and according to Saint John
Cleveland words (supplementary)
Lancelot of the Laik
The lay of Havelok the Dane
Evolution of Canterbury Tales
Adolf Strodtmann
Adolf Strodtmann (1829-1879)

linguist, poet, translator, literary historian, biographer

  • University of Bonn

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Joseph Lewinsky
Lieder- und balladenbuch amerikanischer und englischer dichter der gegenwart
H. Heine\'s Leben und Werke
Gotfried Kinkel
Gottfied Kinkel ; Wahrheit ohne Dichtung
Gottfied Kinkel ; Wahrheit ohne Dichtung
Amerikanische Anthologie
Katarina Frostenson
Katarina Frostenson (born 1953)

linguist, poet, translator, playwright, essayist, dramaturge

  • Stockholm University

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Pomponius Porphyrion
Pomponius Porphyrion (0201-0201)

linguist, poet

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Pomponi Porfyrionis Commentum in Horatium Flaccum
Commentum in Horatium Flaccum
Pomponi Porfyrionis Commentum in Horatium Flaccum
Commentarii in Q. Horatium Flaccum
Pomponii Porphyrionis Commentarii in Q. Horatium Flaccum
Pomponi Porfyrionis commentum in Horatium Flaccum
Henrike Knörr
Henrike Knörr (1947-2008)

philologist, linguist

  • Complutense University of Madrid, University of the Basque Country

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Wacław Berent
Wacław Berent (1873-1940)

linguist, translator

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Pisma rozproszone
Fachowiec
Zmierzch wodzów
Nurt; opowieści biograficzne
Nurt
Ozimina
Żywe kamienie
Próchno
Opowieści biograficzne
Próchno
Frukhne
Diogenes w kontuszu
Pisma
Zmierzch wodźow
Georges Tarabichi
Georges Tarabichi (1939-2016)

linguist, translator, journalist, philosopher

  • Damascus University

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Monique Nemni
Monique Nemni (1935-2021)

linguist, editor, biographer

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