Researchers at the DOE made substantial progress drafting entries for the letter
L in 2022. In particular, they have been working on some of
L’s most “semantically challenging words,” such as the famous interjection
lā ‘lo, behold!’, the high-frequency item
land ‘land’ or the polysemous verb
lecgan ‘to lay, put, place, set.’ The dictionary volume for
La-
Le is nearing completion and might be published in late 2023.
The DOE is also preparing an improved version of its corpus. Most importantly, it will include updates to the texts of Old English charters revised with the aid of
new editions published by the British Academy.
The DOE 2022 Progress Report also paid tribute to Professor Hans Sauer, who sadly and unexpectedly passed away last year. He contributed important work to the DOE, in particular as chief editor of the 7th century Latin - Old English
Épinal-Erfurt Glossary.
In other news, the DOE is working on a proceedings volume of a conference on Old English and Old High German glossography, lexicography, epigraphy, palaeography, and metrics that was co-hosted with the
Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch in Leipzig, Germany, in 2020. They have announced that Dr. Cameron Laird will help write dictionary entries for
Li to
Ly as a new two-year postdoctoral researcher. The DOE hosted two visiting doctoral students from the University of La Rioja in Spain. Finally, the report states that financial support continues to be strong, bolstered by several agencies, private donors as well as their successful
Adopt-A-Word and
Donation Matching campaigns.
Overall, 2022 proved to be another fruitful year for the DOE. Fans of the Old English language have a lot to be looking forward to during the next one!