Dictionary of the Scots Language
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Dictionary of the Scots LanguageOn March 22, 2007, Dr. Maggie Scott, Senior Editor of
Scottish Language Dictionaries informed Lindsay International of the
availability of the Dictionary of the Scots Language and invited us to provide a
link to this very useful tool for our worldwide Lindsay
researchers. The descriptive information below was taken from the pages of
the DSL web site and should be sufficient to help you decide if this tool will
be of help to you in your Lindsay research. The Dictionary can be found by clicking on SLD. Our thanks to Dr. Scott and the SLD for bringing this
research tool to our attention and for making it available free of charge to the
world’s language researchers. The
SLD can be reached at the address below. Scottish Language Dictionaries ************************************************** The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL)
comprises electronic editions 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). DOST contains information about Scots words
in use from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth centuries (Older Scots). SND contains information about Scots words in
use from 1700 to the 1970s (modern Scots). Together these 22 volumes provide a comprehensive history
of Scots, and a New Supplement now (2005) brings the record of the language up
to date. These 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. In the DSL, these two dictionaries are being published
together in their full form for the first time. Thus, information on the
earliest uses of Scots words can be presented alongside examples of the later
development of the same words. By making the DSL freely available on the Internet, the aim of the Scottish Language Dictionaries (SLD) is to widen access to the source dictionaries and to open up these rich lexicographic resources to anyone with an interest in Scots language and culture. Its educational uses range from university research to help with the production of Scots materials for young children. Since March 23, 2007, you are
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