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The Historical Thesaurus of English

The Historical Thesaurus of English is a unique resource charting the development of meaning in the huge and varied vocabulary of English. It consists of almost every recorded word in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, all arranged into detailed hierarchies of meaning.

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Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus

The Metaphor Map of English shows the metaphorical links which have been identified between different areas of meaning. These links can be from the Anglo-Saxon period right up to the present day so the map covers 1300 years of the English language.

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A Thesaurus of Old English

A Thesaurus of Old English presents the vocabulary of Anglo-Saxon England within ordered categories and is a rich resource for investigating social and cultural history, showing the development of concepts through the words that refer to them.

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The Bilingual Thesaurus of Everyday Life in Medieval England

The Bilingual Thesaurus of Everyday Life in Medieval England contains vocabulary relating to seven domains of everyday life: Building, Domestic Activities, Farming, Food Preparation, Manufacture, Trade, Travel by Water. Terms have been collected for two languages in use in Medieval England, Anglo French (also known as Anglo-Norman) and Middle English.

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