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.