Dictionary Of The Scots Language

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The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic versions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND) with its two supplements (1976 and 2005). Each of these was a monumental work of scholarship published over a period of some decades in the 20th century. DOST contains information about Scots words in use from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth century (Older Scots); and SND covers the period from the eighteenth century to the present day (Modern Scots). These are the most comprehensive dictionaries available for, respectively, Older Scots and Modern Scots, and are therefore essential research tools for anyone interested in the history of either Scots or English language, and for historical or literary scholars whose sources are written in Scots or may contain Scots usages...