William Salesbury, A Dictionary in English and Welsh (1547)
Full Text
EEBO/TCP
Date
1547
Lexicographer
William Salisbury (alternate name for William Salesbury ) Note: 13/10/2005
Book title
A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe moche necessary to all suche Welshemen as wil spedly learne the englyshe tongue thought vnto the kynges maiestie very mete to be sette forthe to the vse of his graces subiectes in Wales: wherevnto is prefixed a little treatyse of the englyshe pronunciacion of the letters by Wyllyam Salesbury
Publication place
London
Printer
N. Hill
Publisher
J. Waley
Transcription source
Scolar Press facsimile
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
Welsh
Language
headwords: Welsh
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
164
Word-group
type: alphabetical
number: 202
number: 202
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 7019
number: 7019
Alston
XIV.1
STC
21616
Catalog
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927. 2497, 2784. view record
Rees, Eilund, ed. Libri Walliae: A Catalogue of Welsh Books and Books Printed in Wales 1546-1820. 2 vols. . Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1987. 4560. view record
Rees, Eilund, ed. Libri Walliae: A Catalogue of Welsh Books and Books Printed in Wales 1546-1820. 2 vols. . Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1987. 4560. view record
Facsimiles
Salesbury, William. A Dictionary in English and Welsh, 1547. English linguistics 1500-1800, no. 180. Menston: Scolar Press, 1969. view record
Modern editions
Ellis, Alexander John, ed. On Early English Pronunciation. Early English Text Society Extra Series 2, 7, 14, 23, 56. 5 vols. London: Trübner, 1869-89. III: 743-94. view record
Salesbury, WIlliam. A Dictionary of Englyshe and Welshe moche necessary to all such Welshemen as wil spedly learne the englyshe tongue thought vnto the kynges maiestie very mete to be sette forthe to the vse of his graces subiectes in Wales: wherevnto is prefixed a little treatyse of the englyshe pronunciacion of the letters. n.p.: T. Richards, for the Cymmrodorion Society, 1877. view record
Salesbury, WIlliam. A Dictionary of Englyshe and Welshe moche necessary to all such Welshemen as wil spedly learne the englyshe tongue thought vnto the kynges maiestie very mete to be sette forthe to the vse of his graces subiectes in Wales: wherevnto is prefixed a little treatyse of the englyshe pronunciacion of the letters. n.p.: T. Richards, for the Cymmrodorion Society, 1877. view record
Criticisms
Dobson, Eric J. English Pronunciation 1500-1700. 1957. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. I: 11-18. view record
Jones, R. Brinsley. William Salesbury. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1994. view record
Williams, Glanmor. "The Achievement of William Salesbury." Welsh Reformation Essays. Cardiff: n.p., 1967. view record
Gruffydd, R. Geraint, ed. Guide to Welsh Literature c. 1530-1700. Vol. III. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, n.d. 136-37. view record
James, Christine. "Ban wedy i dynny: Medieval Welsh Law and Early Protestant Propaganda." Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 27 (1994 Summer): 61-86. view record
Jones, Mark Ellis. "`An Invidious Attempt to Accelerate the Extinction of our Language': The Abolition of the Court of Great Sessions and the Welsh Language." Welsh History Review 19 (1998-99): 226-64. view record
Jones, R. Brinsley. William Salesbury. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1994. view record
Williams, Glanmor. "The Achievement of William Salesbury." Welsh Reformation Essays. Cardiff: n.p., 1967. view record
Gruffydd, R. Geraint, ed. Guide to Welsh Literature c. 1530-1700. Vol. III. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, n.d. 136-37. view record
James, Christine. "Ban wedy i dynny: Medieval Welsh Law and Early Protestant Propaganda." Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 27 (1994 Summer): 61-86. view record
Jones, Mark Ellis. "`An Invidious Attempt to Accelerate the Extinction of our Language': The Abolition of the Court of Great Sessions and the Welsh Language." Welsh History Review 19 (1998-99): 226-64. view record
Sources
- Mathias, W. A. "William Salesbury a'r Testament Newydd." Llên Cymru 16 (1989): 40-68. view record
