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Walter W. Skeat

British etymologist and professor

British etymologist and professor (1835-1912)

Born	1835
Died	1912

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A concise etymological dictionary of the English language

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1882
24 editions, 7 ebooks
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The Bruce: or, The book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots

by Barbour, John and Walter W. Skeat First published in 1870
20 editions, 1 ebook
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An etymological dictionary of the English language

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1882
20 editions, 8 ebooks
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A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words: especially from the dramatists

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1901
16 editions, 7 ebooks
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The Book of fantasy

by Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Леонид Николаевич Андреев, John Aubrey, J. G. Ballard, Sir Max Beerbohm, and 65 others
First published in 1940
16 editions, 7 ebooks
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Complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer

by Walter W. Skeat and Geoffrey Chaucer First published in 1937
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Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula

by Walter W. Skeat and Charles Otto Blagden First published in 1906
14 editions, 1 ebook
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The poetical works of Thomas Chatterton: with an essay on the Rowley poems

by Walter W. Skeat, Thomas Chatterton, and Edward Bell First published in 1863
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An English-Anglo-Saxon vocabulary

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1879
10 editions, 1 ebook
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The Chaucer canon, with a discussion of the works associated with the name of Geoffrey Chaucer.

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1900
10 editions, 5 ebooks
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Principles of English etymology

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1887
9 editions, 7 ebooks
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English dialects from the eighth century to the present day

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1911
9 editions, 4 ebooks
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A Primer of English Etymology

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1892
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A Concise Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 2015
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Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 2018
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Holy Gospels in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and Old Mercian Versions: Synoptically Arranged, with Collations Exhibiting All the Readings of All the Mss; Volume 3

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 2018
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Evolution of the Canterbury Tales

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1968
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Nine specimens of English dialects

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1896
7 editions, 2 ebooks
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Lancelot of the Laik.

by Walter W. Skeat
First published in 1865
7 editions, 2 ebooks
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An etymological dictionary of the English language

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1935
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British etymologist and professor (1835-1912)

Born	1835
Died	1912

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OLID: OL1070041A
GoodReads: 228449
ISNI: 0000000120987787
Library of Congress Names: n80032735
Project Gutenberg: 4590
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV056097
VIAF: 4939197
Wikidata: Q322106
Inventaire.io: wd:Q322106

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