A DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST, OR
OLDEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A DICTIONARY
OF THE FIRST, OR
OLDEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE:
FROM THE
SEMI-SAXON PERIOD OF A.D. 1250 TO 1300.
CONSISTING OF
An Alphabetical Inventory of
EVERY WORD FOUND IN THE PRINTED ENGLISH
LITERATURE OF THE 13TH CENTURY.
BY THE LATE
HERBERT COLERIDGE,
SECRETARY TO THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
LONDON:
JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY.
M DCCC LXII.