Anglo-Norman Dictionary

02/09/2026

Check out BBC Radio 4's new 'Word Of Mouth' episode on Anglo-Norman and its influence on the English language.
The AND Project was very happy to assist the programme's producer, and Dr. Philip Durkin (Deputy Chief Editor of the The Oxford English Dictionary) gives an excellent and compelling outline.

Michael Rosen explores the impact of the Norman invasion on the English language.

27/07/2026

We apologize for the recent periods of downtime affecting the dictionary. The technical issues should now be resolved, and we thank you for your patience while we worked to restore the service.

08/06/2026

"... a personal touch to the work that has gone into the project"

So what can be discovered in the Anglo-Norman Dictionary archives, among the early drafts, private correspondence and funding applications? A new blogpost offers some insights: https://anglo-norman.net/materials-from-the-and-archives/

18/05/2026

"Some cards are still within the original envelopes that were sent for review by the scholars who created them."

Blogpost #4 looks in closer detail at some of the original index cards in the archives of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary: https://anglo-norman.net/index-cards-in-the-archives-of-the-anglo-norman-dictionary/

12/05/2026

"the organisation was not consistent throughout the entire collection. This presented us with a challenge ...?"

Here is blogpost #3 from the Archivist Project working on the AND's historical materials and correspondence:

https://anglo-norman.net/challenges-of-archiving-maintaining-original-order/

08/05/2026

"Some had labels, but primarily the exact contents were a mystery to us."

The second blogpost on exploring the AND archives is now available here: https://anglo-norman.net/the-process-how-the-aberystwyth-student-team-went-about-creating-the-and-archive/

05/05/2026

Meet the team of Archive Masters Students of Aberystwyth University digging into the history of the AND!

Their first post is now availabale on our blog: https://anglo-norman.net/overview-of-archival-project-for-the-anglo-norman-dictionary/

01/05/2026

The AND archives project!

Over the past four months, a team of six Archive Masters students at Aberystwyth University has examined and organised more than 25 large boxes of materials relating to the making of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary - some dating back to the 1940s.

Alongside establishing an organised archive, they also produced a fully searchable catalogue of the collection - illustrating and revealing eight decades of writing the AND.

Starting next week they will document their progress in a series of blogposts.

Aberystwyth University

07/04/2026

Karen, one of our AND editors, is talking about the Normans in Pembrokeshire this Friday!

WHAT did it mean to be ‘Norman’ in Medieval Pembrokeshire? That is the question which will be addressed by Dr Karen Jankulak at the next Pembrokeshire Historical Society lecture meeting on April 10.

10/10/2025

Our chief Editor Geert De Wilde discusses the current definition of 'Anglo-Norman' (and what it means for the Anglo-Norman Dictionary!) in a new article, 'French and English in the Later Middle ages' , coming out later this month in 'The New Cambridge History of the English Language'.

Pre-orders available here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/new-cambridge-history-of-the-english-language/FB5A5AE3578947E855AF35F1C608D13F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cambridge.org%2fcore%2fbooks%2fnew-cambridge-history-of-the-english-language%2fFB5A5AE3578947E855AF35F1C608D13F&utm_campaign=PWE_IOC_CT__LANG%3b___The+New+Cambridge+History+of+the+English+Language%2c+Vol+1_July25&WT.mc_id=PWE_IOC_CT__LANG%3b___The+New+Cambridge+History+of+the+English+Language%2c+Vol+1_July25