Anglo-Norman Dictionary (1947 — en cours ; “AND”)

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Like most dictionaries of its type, the Anglo-Norman Dictionary (AND) is, and has to be, a long-term project. It started in 1947, and the initial aim was simply to produce a glossary (a list of key words with their meanings) designed to help people to read literary texts written in Anglo-Norman. The idea was that individual volunteer scholars should each ‘take on’ a letter of the alphabet. In the course of their normal reading and research, they would then compile a list of relevant Anglo-Norman words beginning with ‘their’ letter along with the meanings in the context they encountered them. These lists would then be passed to an editorial committee who would draw up an alphabetical glossary. But what sounded like a simple idea proved to have all sorts of complications in practice, and for fifteen years or so after this idea was first proposed, little useful progress was made…

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