Walter W. Skeat (1) (1835–1912)
Autore di The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
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Sull'Autore
Walter William Skeat, English philologist, was born in London on November 21,1835, and educated at King's College School (Wimbledon), Highgate School, and Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in July 1860. His grandsons include the noted palaeographer T. C. Skeat and the stained mostra altro glass painter Francis Skeat. Skeat's principal achievement was his Etymological English Dictionary. While preparing the dictionary he wrote hundreds of short articles on word origins for the London-based journal: Notes and Queries. Skeat is responsibel for coining the meaning of a "ghost word" --- a meaningless word that came into existence or acceptance, not by being derived through long-standing usage, nor by being coined at need, but only as the result of an error. His other works include: A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (1888), in conjunction with A. L. Mayhew; A Student's Pastime (1896), a volume of essays; The Chaucer Canon (1900); and A Primer of Classical and English Philology (1905). Skeat died in 1912. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Walter W. Skeat
The student's Chaucer, being a complete edition of his works (1894) — A cura di; A cura di — 34 copie
Specimens of Early English, Part 2: From Robert of Gloucester to Gower. A.D. 1298-A.D. 1393 (1882) 18 copie
Joseph of Arimathie : otherwise called The Romance of the Seint Graal, or Holy Grail (1871) — A cura di — 11 copie
Specimens of Early English, Part 1: From 'Old English Homilies' to 'King Horn.' A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300 (1879) 11 copie
Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the 'Shepheardes calendar,' A.D. 1394-A.D. 1579; wit (2015) 11 copie
The Chaucer canon, with a discussion of the works associated with the name of Geoffrey Chaucer (2015) 5 copie
The Gospel according to Saint Mark in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions synoptically arranged with collations… (2004) 4 copie
The Gospel according to Saint John in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions synoptically arranged with collations… (2022) 4 copie
Aelfric's Lives of Saints, volume one, parts 1 and 2 (Early English Text Society Original Series) (2014) 3 copie
Alexander and Dindimus : or, the letters of Alexander to Dindimus king of the Brahmans ... being a second fragment of… (1877) 3 copie
The Place-Names of Hertfordshire 3 copie
The Gospel according to Saint Matthew in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and old Mercian versions synoptically arranged,… (2010) 3 copie
The Gospel according to Saint Luke in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions synoptically arranged, with collations… (2006) 3 copie
Notes on English etymology 3 copie
The Proverbs of Alfred 2 copie
The Bruce by John Barbour vols II and III (Early English Text Society Extra Series) (Vol 2 & 3) (2002) 1 copia
Langland 1 copia
The Problem of Spelling Reform 1 copia
A Moeso-Gothic glossary: with an introduction, an outline of Moeso-Gothic grammar, and a list of Anglo-Saxon and old… (1868) 1 copia
A List Of English Words: The Etymology Of Which Is Illustrated By Comparison With Icelandic, Prepared In The Form Of An… (2011) 1 copia
The Place-Names of Bedfordshire 1 copia
On the History of Spelling 1 copia
CHAUCER: THE TALE OF THE MAN OF LAWE; THE PARDONERES TALE; THE SECOND NONNES TALE; THE CHANOUNS YEMANNES TALE FROM THE… (1904) 1 copia
XXIII. Isle of Wight words; (English dialect society. [Pub. 32.] Series C. Original glossaries) (1881) 1 copia
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Edited From Numerous Manuscripts: Volume V, Notes to the Canterbury Tales (1900) 1 copia
Early English proverbs, chiefly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with illustrative quotations (1910) 1 copia
The Book of Husbandry, by Master Fitzherbert: Reprinted From the Edition of 1534, and Edited With an Introduction,… (2017) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Chaucer : the prologue, the knightes tale the nonne preestes tale from the Canterbury tales (1878) — A cura di, alcune edizioni; A cura di, alcune edizioni — 88 copie
Aelfric's Lives of saints,: Being a set of sermons on saints' days formerly observed by the English church, ed. from… (1966) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 13 copie
Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. III: The House of Fame: The Legend of Good Women, The Treatise on the… (2008) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 13 copie
Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. VII: Chaucerian and Other Pieces, Being A Supplement to the Complete Works of… (1897) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 11 copie
The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer 2 Boethius and Troilus (2003) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 11 copie
The Tale of the Man of lawe;: The Pardoneres tale; the Second nonnes tale; the Chanouns yemannes tale, from the… (1879) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 7 copie
The tale of Gamelyn : from the Harleian ms. no. 7334, collated with six other mss. (1884) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 7 copie
The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman By William Langland (or Langley) (2020) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 7 copie
An English miscellany presented to Dr. Furnivall in honour of his seventy-fifth birthday — Collaboratore — 3 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1835-11-21
- Data di morte
- 1912-10-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
Utenti
Recensioni
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English… di Walter William Skeat
Non so se esista edizione più recente –ho comprato il libro nel 1974 (stampato nel ‘72) ma era sempre la seconda edizione del 1911. Contiene l’essenziale e lo esprime nel modo più asciutto immaginabile. Leggo, per esempio, che la parola “Door”, a gate (E), viene dal M.E., che viene dall’A.S., ed è imparentata con l’O.Sax, il Goth., il G., e l’Icel, il Dan., lo Swed, il Du, i tipi Teut. (cf. L., Lith., O.Irish, W., Russ., Gk, Skt…). Per ogni lingua c’è la sua grafia, che non riesco a riprodurre qui. Ha un certo fascino, devo dire, e ci sono affezionato. In fondo c’è una sezione che elenca i prefissi e suffissi, ci sono brevi elenchi di parole ordinate per lingua di origine, un elenco di omonimi (stesso suono, diverso significato, radice uguale o diversa), “doublets” (parole come dainty e dignity, deck e thatch, direct e dress…) che sembrano diverse ma invece hanno la stessa radice, e un elenco di parole indicando la distribuzione (es. la parola rice viene dal francese… (altro)
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