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  2. Walter William Skeat - Wikipedia

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    Skeat is best known for his work in Middle English, and for his standard editions of Chaucer and William Langland's Piers Plowman. [7] Skeat was the founder and only president of the English Dialect Society from 1873 to 1896. [8] The society's purpose was to collect materials for the publication of The English Dialect Dictionary. The society ...

  3. Geoffrey Chaucer - Wikipedia

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    Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈ tʃ ɔː s ər / CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. [1] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". [2]

  4. Troilus and Criseyde - Wikipedia

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    Geoffrey Chaucer reciting before nobles. Troilus and Criseyde (/ ˈ t r ɔɪ l ə s ... k r ɪ ˈ s eɪ d ə /) is an epic poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde set against a backdrop of war during the siege of Troy.

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  6. A Treatise on the Astrolabe - Wikipedia

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    Plain-text format (with line numbering): Part 1 Part 2 from eChaucer; The text of A Treatise on the Astrolabe – presented in Middle English and Modern English side-by-side. A Treatise on the Astrolabe – a verb database (language analysis, description of the astrolabe and Middle English period)

  7. Dictionary.com announces that “complicit” is its 2017 word of ...

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    Dictionary.com, one of the internet’s shadiest vocabulary resources, announced its 2017 word of the year. Dictionary.com announces that “complicit” is its 2017 word of the year Skip to main ...

  8. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    An online dictionary is a dictionary that is accessible via the Internet through a web browser. They can be made available in a number of ways: free, free with a paid subscription for extended or more professional content, or a paid-only service.

  9. Edit your personal dictionary in AOL Desktop Gold

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    1. Sign in to Desktop Gold. 2. Click the Settings button at the top. 3. Click Mail on the left side. 4. Click the Spell Check tab. 5. Click Add after typing in a word and it will be added to your personal dictionary.