"Dictionaries are quickly morphing from large, imposing books to electronic databases that produce results in an instant. But while dictionaries are almost ubiquitous in our modern lives, they have not always been so. In fact, dictionaries have a long, distinguished history in all languages, but especially in English. Knowing more about the fluid and changing uses of dictionaries in history may help you appreciate, or at least tolerate, some of the 'new' words being coined today."
A Brief History of English Lexicography
List of English "dictionaries" in history.
History Of The Dictionary on all sands
"English language dictionaries comprise a sub-chapter in the history of the English language, which was born in the 5th Century A.D. with the invasion of England by Germanic tribes. As the Germanic conquerors remained in England, the language of one of them eventually prevailed; Anglisc, and so the language of the Angle tribe became the progenitor of the language we speak today."
"It is worth noting well that English Dictionaries have never been produced by a Government, official body or learned committee. It was always left to enthusiastic eccentrics."
List of English dictionaries in chronological order.
"This site traces the history of English dictionaries from the 1500s to the present day. You can examine how words change their meaning over time, and how scholars have argued over ideas of 'correct' spellings."
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