A MIDDLE ENGLISH VOCABULARY, DESIGNED FOR USE WITH SISAM'S FOURTEENTH CENTURY VERSE & PROSE
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Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1922. Professor Tolkien's first book, a glossary of Middle English words designed to accompany his old tutor Kenneth Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose. Tolkien gained praise for his glossary, which was unlike most others. Whereas it was a trend of the days to suggest often questionable etymologies of rare and obscure words, Tolkien chose to devote his time to the different meanings of common words...His Vocabulary is
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