Synopses & Reviews
Comprehensive, single-volume Old French-English dictionary designed for a broad range of English-speaking users.
Review
"This dictionary is an excellent resource for those English speakers wanting to read Old French texts and would be a valueable acquistion for all scholars and students of French language, history, and culture." Southwest Journal of Lingiustics"...the first of its kind for a wide range of English-speaking users..." Translation Review
Synopsis
This is the first Old French-English dictionary of its kind to provide a comprehensive reference tool for a broad range of English-speaking users including students, scholars, philologists and historians. This manageable, single-volume, dictionary is based on a large and varied number of texts up to ca. 1350, starting from the classics of medieval French literature and extending through all the genres: epic, romance, religious, moral, didactic and allegorical texts, lyric poetry, drama, humor and satire, as well as nonliterary historical, political and legal documents.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From database to dictionary; 2. The dictionary entries; 3. How to use the dictionary; 4. Conclusion; List of abbreviations; Select bibliography; The dictionary.