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This guide lists databases and other research tools covering Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies available to students, faculty, and staff at the University of Minnesota--Twin Cities.
General and bilingual language dictionaries
English
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Oxford English Dictionary OnlineFull-text of the 2nd ed. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world. It also offers etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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Dictionary of Old English CorpusDictionary of Old English electronic corpus is a complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts.
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Middle English CompediumIncludes three searchable resources on Middle English (1100-1500 CE): the Middle English Dictionary, Bibliography of Middle English, and Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. From the University of Michigan
French
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Anglo-Norman Dictionary byCall Number: TC Wilson Library General Collection PC2946 .M6 1977ISBN: 9780900547478Publication Date: 1977-1992Dictionary of Anglo-Norman dialect and modern English.
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Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500)Online dictionary of Middle French (1330-1500) from CNRS & Université de Lorraine. Interface and content in French.
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Dictionnaires d'autrefois16 online monolingual French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries from the ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) Project
German
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Das Wörterbuch-NetzPortal to 28 online German-language dictionaries. Allows cross-searching of all dictionaries at once. Includes Deutsches Wörterbuch (Grimm), Goethe Wörterbuch, Middle- and Old High German dictionaries, and several Mundart dictionaries.
Italian
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Glossario degli antichi volgari Italiani byCall Number: TC Wilson Library eneral Collection PC1772 .G56x 1983ISBN: 9789519950341Publication Date: 1982-2006Monolingual dictionary of Italian from 1300-1500 CE.
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Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle OriginiOnline monolingula dictionary of medieval Italian
Latin
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: Latin-English
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780198610052Publication Date: 20053rd ed. -
Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (2 Vols. )
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Call Number: TC Wilson General Collection General Collection PA2890 .N54 2002ISBN: 9789004112797Publication Date: 2002This Niermeyer lexicon provides French, English and German translations for Medieval Latin. Related dictionary volumes available online.
Spanish
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