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English philologist
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. W. S."
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. W. S."
Walter William Skeat
Works
- The Bruce; or, The book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, king of Scots (as Editor, 1870)
- The Two Noble Kinsmen (1875) IA
- The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (as Editor, 1894)
- Vol. I - Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems
- Vol. II - Boethius and Troilus
- Vol. III - The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; with an Account of the Sources of the Canterbury Tales
- Vol. IV - The Canterbury Tales: Text
- Vol. V - Notes to the Canterbury Tales
- Vol. VI - General Introduction to the Edition, Glossary, and Indexes
- Chaucerian and Other Pieces (as Editor, 1897, a supplement to The Complete Works)
- "‘Snakestones’ and Stone Thunderbolts as Subjects for Systematic Investigation" in Folk-Lore, 23 (1912), pp. 45–79
- An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
- Ælfric's Lives of Saints (as an editor and co-translator)
- Specimens of Early English —.Part II. From Robert of Gloucester to Gower (A.D. 1298 to A.D. 1393), co-authored with R. Morris
- Specimens of English Literature, from the 'Ploughmans Crede' to the 'Shepheardes Calender.
- The Principles of English Etymology
- First Series. The Native Element
- Second Series. The Foreign Element
- A Primer of English Etymology
- Twelve Facsimiles of Old-English Manuscripts
Contributions to EB1911
- "Layamon," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works about Skeat
- "Skeat, William Walter," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Skeat, Rev. Walter William, Litt.D., LL.D.," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Skeat, Walter William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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