John Dee, English Glosses on Welsh Words in William Salesbury's Dictionary (ca. 1574 - ca. 1583)

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Date
1574ca. 1583ca.
Lexicographer
John Dee Note: 30/09/2005
Transcription source
Trinity College Dublin Library (Archbishop James Ussher's books)
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
  • alchemy
  • chemistry
Summary
Handwritten glosses by John Dee in a copy of William Salesbury's Dictionary (1547) that supply omitted English translational equivalents for Welsh headwords
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: gloss
sample: Gwres y llefrith Leuke warme (g1v)