An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary is a dictionary of Old English. Four editions of the dictionary were published. It has often been considered the definitive lexicon for Old English. It is often referred to by the names of its compilers, for example Bosworth or Bosworth & Toller.

Editions

1838 edition

This was written by Joseph Bosworth, who in 1858 became the Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford: the post was renamed in 1916 as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, in Bosworth's honour.

1898 edition

While being attributed to "J. Bosworth & T. N. Toller", this was a revision by Thomas Northcote Toller, based on Bosworth's 1838 dictionary, Bosworth's papers, and additions by Toller.

1921 edition

issued a supplement in 1921.

1972 edition

issued an edition with "enlarged addenda and corrigenda" in 1972.