Its contents are based partly on the following sources: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by Bosworth-Toller the Middle English Compendium Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary The Collins English Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary. It follows Oxford spelling rules (armour, nationalize). This wordbook was started in 2017 by Hurlebatte, and is now worked on by many members of the community. This wordbook includes 'Anglisc Spelling' for words whose spellings have been influenced by foreign orthographies after the Norman Invasion. = Innsbruck EDD Online 3.0 (based on Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905) = Merriam-Webster (though maybe only the 1913 edition)
N = Norse | WF = West Frisian | LG = Low German | HG = High German | NL = Dutch | Þ = Proto-GermanicĬ = Celtic | I = Italic | H = Hellenic | O = other NE = New English | ANE = Archaic New English | ME = Middle English | OE = Old English = widened (an expanded meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglisc) For example, searching for 'know' will bring up words like 'knowledge' while searching for ' know ' will not. To use this wordbook smoothly you will have to use your device's built-in search function.
