Concise Scots Dictionary - (Scots Language Dictionaries) 2nd Edition by Scottish Language Scottish Language Dictionaries (Hardcover)

About the Book

First published in 1985, the new edition of the Concise Scots Dictionary has been revised throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside extensive coverage of older Scots. Combining accessible style, clear layout and a durable hardback format, this is a user-friendly and robust dictionary that you can turn to for reference and enjoyment.

Book Synopsis

First published in 1985, the new edition of the Concise Scots Dictionary has been revised throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside extensive coverage of older Scots. Combining accessible style, clear layout and a durable hardback format, this is a user-friendly and robust dictionary that you can turn to for reference and enjoyment.

From the Back Cover

Almost twenty years after its first publication, the second edition of this bestselling dictionary gives the most up-to-date picture of the Scots language today. This new edition of the Concise Scots Dictionary has been fully revised and updated to include new words and usages that reflect modern Scots usage, alongside thorough coverage of older Scots. Combining a succinct yet accessible style with a clear layout and durable hardback format, this is a user-friendly and robust dictionary that you can return to again and again for reference and enjoyment. The dictionary contains: - Over 40,000 headwords: 23,000 full entries and 17,000 cross-references - Over 1,100 words and usages new for this edition, including coverage of Orkney and Shetland Scots - Comprehensive coverage of variant spellings and regional forms, including Ulster Scots - Extensive cross-referencing to allow for easy navigation - Updated and extended pronunciation information - Information on grammar and register to show how and when to use the words - Inflected forms, including verb tenses - Field labels to indicate where a word belongs to a specialist domain - Thousands of idioms, phrases and proverbs - Improved and extended information on etymologies - Extensive coverage of language, from older Scots to modern-day usage

Review Quotes

The entries make fascinating reading, and some are further enlivened by accompanying idioms. 'A sarkfu o sair banes' is 'a person stiff or sore from hard labour or from a beating' ('sark', a shirt or shift, since the 14th century, from Old English serc and Old Norse serkr). Summing Up: Recommended.--W. Miller, emeritus, Florida Atlantic University "Choice"

About the Author

Scottish Language Dictionaries is the quintessential research organisation for the Scots Language. They are responsible for the major dictionaries of the Scots Language and undertake a wide range of educational outreach work with people of all ages and abilities.