Introduction to Old and Middle English: Part I Oxford English Dictionary November 4, 2005 Andreas H. Jucker

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The Oxford English Dictionary

1842 Founding of the Philological Society in London

1858 Resolution to compile a New English Dictionary

1879 contract with Clarendon Press (OUP) for the publication of a historical dictionary

1884 Part I (A to ANT) published

1902 Five out of the final ten volumes completed



James Murray 1837-1915




1928 First edition completed. Published in ten volumes carrying the title A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

1933 Reissued in twelve volumes, together with a supplement volume containing new words and meaningsPublication of the first edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED)

1936 Publication of the second edition of the SOED

1957 Work on the Supplement begins

1972-1986 Four volumes of the Supplement published

1984 New OED Project launched

1986 Data capture of first edition and Supplement completed

1989 20-volume second edition of the OED published



Oxford English Dictionary

OED First edition (1884-1928)– 10 volumes– 15,490 pages– 252,200 entries– 414,800 word forms– 1,861,200 quotations

OED Supplement (1972, 1976, 1982, 1986)– 4 volumes– 69,300 entries– 527,00 quotations



OED2 /OED3

OED Second edition (1989)– 20 volumes– 21,730 pages– 231,100 entries– 615,100 word forms– 2,436,600 quotations

(25,000 from the Bible; 33,300 from Shakespeare)

OED2 on CD-ROM (1992) OED Third edition (expected 2010)



Facts about OED2

Number of main entries: 231,100 Longest entry in Dictionary: the verb

“set” with over 430 senses consisting of approximately 60,000 words or 326,000 characters

Number of word forms defined and/or illustrated: 615,100

Number of pronunciations: 139,900 Number of etymologies: 219,800 Number of quotations: 2,436,600




1992 CD-ROM of the second edition released

1993 Publication of the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (NSOED)








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