This volume is the fruit of comparative discussions on the the majority of nationally-based or language-specific lexicographical projects that centre on medieval Germanic languages.

The last half-century has seen a large number of nationally-based or language-specific lexicographical projects. This volume is the fruit of comparative discussions on the majority of those projects which centre on medieval Germanic languages. The first half of the volume uses a standardized format to present the history, progress, impact of the project and the electronic specifications of the databases. The second half comprises seven studies on particular methodological problems or applications of work on these dictionaries. Forschungsberichte: DUTCH: W. Pijnenburg, Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 1200-1300 (Dictionary of Early Middle Dutch), D. Geirnaert, CD-ROM Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek (Dictionary of Middle Dutch), C. Verhas, Historisch Woordenboek der Nederlandse Rechtstaal, 14de-18de eeuw (Historical Dictionary of Dutch Legal Terminology, 14th-18th century) ENGLISH: J. Roberts & C. Kay, A Thesaurus of Old English, J. Roberts & L. Sylvester, A Thesaurus of Middle English, C. Kay & I. Wotherspoon, Historical Thesaurus of Middle English, A. DiPaolo Healy, Dictionary of Old English, R.E. Lewis, Middle English Dictionary GERMAN: K. Gärtner, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 1050-1350 (Middle High German Dictionary) NORSE: C. Sanders, Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog (A Dictionary of old Norse Prose) - M. Rindal, E. Simensen & B. Eithun, Gammelnorsk ordboksverk, c. 1200-1550 (Dictionary of Old Norwegian, c. 1200-1550), E. Simensen & B. Eithun, Dictionary of the Written Language in Norway, 1350-1550 Papers: E. Simensen, On the Preparation of a Dictionary of Middle Norwegian, T. Schoonheim, The 'Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek', O. Vries, The importance of legal history for Old Frisian lexicography, J.L. Singman, Encyclopedic Aspects of the Historical Dictionary and the Question of Context, J. Girsch, Harmonizing Medieval and Modern Anatomical Terminology, E.S. Girsch, Handling the Problems of Mistranslations, Misconstruings, and Paranomasia in Source-Texts, K. van Dalen-Oskam & K. Depuydt, Lexicography and Philology