Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures viii
4. Abbreviations x
5. Chronology xi
6. PREFACE Recovering Bosworth-Toller xvii
7. INTRODUCTION Building a Lexicographical Empire in Turbulent Times 1
8. CHAPTER 1 Dictionary Bosworth: The Making of a Lexicographer 14
9. CHAPTER 2 Beginning: Origins, Sources, and Method of A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language (1838) 31
10. CHAPTER 3 Compiling: Antiquarian Foundations 73
11. CHAPTER 4 Collaborating: The Bosworth Syndicate, the New Philology, and the Battle over Method 116
12. CHAPTER 5 Revising: Expanding the Lexicon, 1840–1876 165
13. CHAPTER 6 Ending: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth (1898) 189
14. CHAPTER 7 Supplementing: T. Northcote Toller’s An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Supplement (1921) 212
15. APPENDIX 1 The Bosworth Donation 231
16. APPENDIX 2 Sources: A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language (1838) 257
17. APPENDIX 3 Bodleian Library Entry Books, 1813–1875 272
18. APPENDIX 4 Holograph Drafts of A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language (1838) 280
19. Bibliography 282
20. Index of Manuscripts and Archival Collections 303
21. General Index 306