Before Johnson: The First English Dictionaries

Clay-tablet word lists to the 1604 'A Table Alphabetical' — the hard-word collectors, the first glossaries and the long run-up to the dictionary as we know it.

Playlist by @birth_of_dictionary

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. QI | Who Wrote The First English Dictionary? — QI
2. The Short History of English Dictionaries — Akash Vukoti
3. Who wrote the first dictionary? (and were swear words included...?) — The StudyTube Project
4. History of English the English Dictionary (Lexicography) — Christina Hearth
5. The Dictionary of Old English — University of Toronto
6. Who Created the First Dictionary? Tracing the Birth of This Essential Reference Book — Explaining Everything
7. The First English Dictionary in the World | Samuel Johnson — Noticing The Obvious
8. The Bizarre Story of the Dictionary — Salt & Pepper Economics
9. EFS John Considine Lexicography and History of the English Language — UAlberta English and Film Studies