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The Wendere Old English/Modern English Dictionary is an Access database (Microsoft Access 2002). Putting the dictionary in a database allows the dictionary to be used as an OE-to-MdnE or MdnE-to-OE dictionary. It also allows sorts on grammar. These capabilities, along with the largest number of entries (over 28,000) of any OE dictionary on the internet, make it the best quick-reference dictionary available on the internet.
I follow Mitchell and Robinson's convention for verb class (roman numerals indicate strong verbs, arabic numerals indicate weak). A 'noun?' indicates a noun whose gender I haven't identified.
Use the 'Sort' function to sort between catagories. Use 'Edit' then 'Find' to have Access look for specific words for you. Make sure that "Any Part of Field" appears in the "Match" field. If you are searching for a word in Modern English, click on "Modern English" column on the spreadsheet before you hit the 'Find First' or 'Find Next' buttons in the Find Field. If you are searching for a word in Old English, click on the "Old English" column on the spreadsheet.
Wendere is a 2.5 Mb file but is 800 kb zipped. Older web browsers may not be able to handle downloading it. I also have provided a link to Peter Baker's Junius fonts which will allow you to display letters in Early Medieval styles, but they are not necessary to view the entries in Wendere. If you can't download Wendere, e-mail me and I'll send it to you.
Download Wendere OE/MdnE Dictionary
Download Wendere OE/MdnE Dictionary (Office 97 Version)
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