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    A Middle English Dictionary, covering the period 1100 to 1475, was completed in 2001, with an overwhelming fullness of detail. For the period 1475 to 1700, an Early Modern English Dictionary did not fare as well. It got under way in 1928 at the University of…

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    A Middle English Dictionary, covering the period 1100 to 1475, was completed in 2001, with an overwhelming fullness of detail. For the period 1475 to 1700, an Early Modern English Dictionary did not fare as well. It got under way in 1928 at the University of…

    Read More