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Dictionaries of Medieval Germanic Languages International Medieval Research Selected Proceedings of the International Medieval Congress University of Leeds Academic Editorial Board Simon Forde, Joyce Hill, Luc Jocque Production Manager Amanda Banton International Medieval Research Dictionaries of Medieval Germanic Languages A Survey of Current Lexicographical Projects Selected Proceedings of the International Medieval Congress University of Leeds, 4-7July1994 edited by K.H. van Dalen-Oskam, K.A.C. Depuydt, W.J.J. Pijnenburg and T.H. Schoonheim Turnhout, Brepols 1997 Articles appearing in this volume are indexed in "International Medieval Bibliography" © 1997 - BREPOLS Printed in Belgium D/1997 /0095/42 ISBN 2-503-50601-1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior pennission of the publisher. Contents Editors' Introduction ........................................................................................ vii I Forschungsberichte Dutch Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek. 1200-1300 (Dictionary of Early Middle Dutch: 1200-1300) Willy Pijnenburg ............................................................................................ 3 CD-ROM Middelnederlands (Dictionary of Middle Dutch) Dirk Geirnaert ............................................................................................... 11 Historisch Woordenboek der Nederlandse Rechtstaal. 14de-18de eeuw (Historical Dictionary of Dutch Legal Terminology: 14th-18th Century) Christel Verhas .............................................................................................. 25 English A Thesaurus of Old English Jane Roberts and Christian Kay .................................................................... 31 A Thesaurus of Middle English Jane Roberts and Louise Sylvester .............................................................. .41 Historical Thesaurus of English Christian Kay and Irene Wotherspoon ......................................................... 4 7 Dictionary of Old English Antonette diPaolo Healey ............................................................................. 55 Middle English Dictionary Robert·E. Lewis ............................................................................................. 63 German Mittelhochdeutsches Worterbuch. 1050-1350 (Middle High German Dictionary: 1050-1350) Kurt Gartner and Ralph Plate ........................................................................ 7 5 Norse Ord.bog over det Nompne Prosasprog (A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose) Christopher Sanders ...................................................................................... 81 Gammalnorsk Ordboksverk (Dictionary of Old Norwegian c. 1200-1550) Bj!ISm Eithun .................................................................................................. 89 Ordbok over Skriftsprilket I Norge 1350-1550 (Dictionary of the Written Language in Norway 1350-1550) Erik Simensen .............................................................................................. 99 II Papers On the Preparation of a Dictionary of Middle Norwegian Erik Simensen ............................................................................................. 107 The Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek and the Computer Tanneke Schoonheim .................................................................................. 117 The Importance of Legal History for Old Frisian Lexicography Oebele Vries ................................................................................................ 135 Encyclopedic Aspects of the Historical Dictionary and the Question of Context Jeffrey L. Singman ...................................................................................... 149 Identification of the Veins and Arteries in Middle English Medical Literature James M. Girsch .......................................................................................... 159 The Lexicographer's Dilemma: Handling Mistranslations, Mis construings and Paranomasia in Source-Texts Elizabeth S. Girsch ...................................................................................... 177 Lexicography and Philology Karina van Dalen-Oskam and Katrien Depuydt ......................................... 189 vi Editors' Introduction In 1994 the University of Leeds hosted the first International Medieval Congress (4-7 July). Three sessions were dedicated to "Dictionaries of Medieval Languages". They dealt with the following themes: "Projects'', in which several dictionary projects were presented, "Historical Background", focusing on the import ance of extensive knowledge of the historical background when working on a dictionary of a medieval language and "Scribes and Scholars", elaborating on the philological problems a lexicographer encounters when working with old handwritten source material and its editions. The main purpose of these sessions was to offer participants an opportunity to get acquainted with other lexicographical projects. The papers and the discussions that followed soon led to further debate on how to handle how certain lexicographical and especially computer-related problems. As organisers of these three sessions at IMC'94, we concluded that a publication of the presented papers would not only be very useful, but that it would also benefit from a complete survey of the current lexicographical projects on Medieval Germanic Languages. We then contacted the editors of the different projects known to us, urging them to write a Forschungsbericht for this volume. We are very happy that so many projects have been willing to participate. The first part of this volume contains a description of three projects on the Middle Dutch language (one of which also covers Early Modem Dutch), five on Old or Middle English, one on Middle High German1 and three on Old Norse or Old Norwegian. Each Forschungsbericht has the following structure: information about the dictionary (title, editors, institute, address), contents of the dictionary (type, subject/corpus, described period, described area, example of an entry), history of the project and planning (short history of the project, (planned) year of publication, form of public ation), lexicographical tools and methods (the hardware, the soft- 1For Forschungsberichte of other German projects we refer to Deutschsprachige Worterbuchprojekte an Akademien und Universitdten (Gottingen, 1996). vii ware), special remarks. The second part presents the Leeds papers, in the order of the above-mentioned session themes. We believe that this volume contains valuable information, not only for editors of existing lexicographical projects but also for editors of future projects. We expect that it will also give non lexicographers a better insight into modem historical lexicography. viii I Forschungsberichte
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