Dictionary of Old English

The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) is a dictionary of the Old English language, published by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, under the direction of Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, and Haruko Momma.

[2] The dictionary has made extensive use of digital technology, and is based on a corpus of at least one copy of every known surviving text written in Old English.

[1] The dictionary was conceived in 1968 as a replacement for the Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, which had been compiled at a time when both the study of the Old English language and lexicographical techniques were less advanced.

[3] From the outset, the editors were interested in the potential application of computer technology to the task of compiling the dictionary, and in basing the dictionary text on a corpus.

[1] The dictionary is available in 3 formats:[7] The corpus is available in 2 formats: The computerized corpus (old version) is available to download on request from the University of Oxford Text Archive, free for use in education and research:

Hanging decoration made out of discarded research materials, in the Dictionary of Old English main workroom.
Archived files of research materials from the creation of the Dictionary of Old English .
The Dictionary of Old English main workroom, 2011