New York University Research Guides - Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Dictionaries

The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
A searchable dictionary of Anglo-Norman.
Arms & Armour - A Glossary of Terms
Helpful for medieval military terminology.
Blaise, Albert. Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs chrétiens.
Available in Bobst at: PA2308 .B6 1993.
Blaise, Albert. Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi :praesertim ad res ecclesiasticas investigandas pertinens = Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du Moyen-Âge.
Available in Bobst's 1st-floor Reference Center at: PA2893.F7 B52x.
Database of Latin Dictionaries
A project of the Centre ‘Traditio Litterarum Occidentalium’ (CTLO), published by Brepols, under the direction of Paul Tombeur designed to produce an online database comprising a large number of Latin dictionaries.
Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne, sieur. Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitatis.
First published in 1678 & updated often, it treats terms that deviate from the classical norm. It is a difficult & largely out-of-date tool and is being replaced by the work of the Union Academique Internationale. Available at the IFA: PA2927 .D8 1954.
Godefroy, Frédéric. Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française :et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle.
The great dictionary of Old French. Available in Bobst's 1st-floor Reference Center at: PC2889 .G6 1982.
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik. Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus =Lexique latin médiéval = Medieval Latin dictionary. 2 vols.
Available in Bobst at: PA2890 .N54 2002.
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik. Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus.
An electronic version of Niermeyer is available from within the Acta Sanctorum. Go to the Acta Sanctorum [see "Full Text Primary Sources"], open the "Search" screen, and then click on "Lexicon" in the box on the left side of the screen.
Raynouard, M. Lexique roman ou dictionnaire de la langue des troubadours.
Provençal French. Available in Bobst's 1st-floor Reference Center at: PC3293 .R3 1996.
Souter, Alexander. A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.
Available in Bost's 1st-floor Reference Center at: PA2356 .S8.
Tobler, Adolf. Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch :Adolf Toblers nachgelassene Materialien.
The alphabet is nearly complete for this supplement to Godefroy. Available in Bobst's 1st-floor Reference Center at: PC2893 .T6.
Union académique internationale. Novum glossarium mediae Latinitatis :ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC.
Based on all Latin texts up to the end of the 6th century, this is the incomplete replacement for Du Cange. Available in Bobst's 1st-floor Reference Center at: PA2893 .N8.