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LEME

Lexicons of Early Modern English

Index of Topics

SubjectLEME ID
Abbreviations 284
Alchemy 291 1441 1456
Algonquin 304 305 850 
America see also Canada, Exploration, Travel82 142 143 155 290 304 305 701 714 850
Anatomy see Medicine1442
Anglo-Saxon see Old English
Animals138 835 917 1368 1422 1469 1471
Apparitions 1423
Arabic 191 318 947
Architecture 263 896
Arithmetic see also Geometry, Mathematics56 1424
Artillery see also War102 188 195 1429
Astronomy see also Navigation, Stars172 204 277 309 881 1258
Bible 50 72 93 116 157 163 297 330 692 1229 1230 1264 1393 1410
Birds22 59 
Branded words 269 297
Britain1394
British Romani1379
Canada (language of) 290
Canting see also Pedler’s French100 109 196 200 201 202 287 288 296 689 1257
Carving835
Chaucer212 Thynne1550? 268 710 789 1269
Chemistry 47 1193
Chiromancy90
Clothing see Sumptuary law
Coinage 267
Company terms see Terms of Association
Concordances 1410
Cornish 638
Cosmography 92 160 172 185 227 271 277 340 345
Courtesy 340
Cuckolds 1420
Cypress 1385
Dice 288
Divination 90
Dutch227 281 283
High Dutch326 1027 1430
Low Dutch326 1027 1430
English dictionaries 216 276 323 326 343 820 836 1390 1426 1430
English dictionary headwords164 182 335 539
English enfranchising hard words164
English etymology281 326
English excellency311
English grammar174 331 347 721
English hard words216 1390
English orthography115 121 154 272 708
English petty school 177
English pronunciation 328
English proper names 281
English uncouth terms 273
Eskimo (language) 228
Etymology 222 281 326 1247 1430
Exploration see also Travel228 265 701 714 723 799
Farriery 40 264
Forests813
French 19 24 48 49 52 66 76 80 125 128 132 205 298 646 652 705 842 862 1146 1147 1409 1467
Geography 130 238 286 336 340
Geometry see also Arithmetic, Mathematics73 118 124 146 172 192 204 211 277 300 310 1462
German see Dutch
Grammar see also Latin83 119 144 174 324 992 998 1003 1413 1461
Greek 52 168 278 1467
Handwriting 284
Hard words see also English72 77 203 216 226 232 293
Hawking and Hunting 22 138 217 313 321 
Hebrew207 270 1393
Heraldry 98 188 293 294 1446
Herbals see Plants
History84 102 258 336 259 710 720
Horn (music) 313
Hungarian 1027
Hunting see Hawking and hunting
Husbandry 40 312
Inkhorn terms see Words143 203 206 226 232 1158
Inuit Hall1600
Irish 638
Italian 52 70 147 231 282 299 621
Javanese (language) 228 265
Jests 1420
Juggling 690
Kildin (Guinea dialect) 228
Kola-Lapp (Guinea dialect)  228
Languages see Algonquin, Arabic, British Romani, Canada, Canting, Cornish, Dutch (High Dutch, Low Dutch), English, Eskimo, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian?, Inuit, Irish, Italian, Javanese, Kildin, Kola-Lapp, Latin, Malaccan, Malayan, Middle English, Moorish, Old English, Pedler’s French, Persian, Polyglot, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish, Spanish, Ter, Turkish, Vai, Welsh
Latin 13 17 21 23 26 33 35 37 38 39 53 63 75 76 78 101 110 120 123 127 159 168 173 175 179 186 212 215 222 292 317 324 347 537 661 720 883 986 990 992 997 998 999 1002 1400 1413 1414 1418 1443 1448 1452 1461 1467 1475
Latinate words, mocked 269
Law 20 46 88 106 134 151 175 285 700 800 813 833 836 846 847 851 884 1151 1210 1268 1421 1449 1451
Letter-writing 649
Local History 208 875 1130
Logic 129 707 709 1151 1247 1445
Malaccan 265
Malayan 265 314
Maps 1473
Mathematics see also Geometry118 172 310 322
Measures see Weights and Measures1260
Medicine see also Anatomy, Pharmacy, Veterinary medicine58 60 61 67 85 97 103 107 112 136 156 169 219 236 259 265 329 642 803 923 1251 1262 1416 1422 1428 1432 1437 1442 
Meta Cognita (language of) 228
Metallurgy 306
Middle English see also Chaucer77 162 289 710 874 1269 1290
Moorish 191
Music 876 1439
Mythology 25 105 233
Names of contempt see Place names, Proper names281
Nature111
Navigation see also Astronomy 131 160 271 333 345 1438 1468
Neologisms 180 206 259 1158
Obscure words 44 171 219 275
Old English 34 65 864 1386
Old words 46 214
Orthography see English
Parody1434
Pedlers’ French 109
Persian 214
Pharmacy 923
Philosophy 275 320 325 342
Place names 20 102 140 208 278 302 1127 1138 1410 1454
Plants 15 16 31 42 44 47 54 64 71 142 148 149 158 218 221 265 312 521 891 697 891 917 921 922 923 1130 1177 1261 1264 1417 1422 1472
Poetry and Poetics 96 139 152 170 171 184 266 278 279 883 1270 1407 1447 1455 1490
Polyglot 52 326 638 1027 1430
Portuguese 326 1027
Pronunciation 328
Proper Names 93 165 193 197 278 281 539 838 193 1229 1410
Prosody 266
Religion 289 308 330 947 1463
Rhetoric 43 69 79 83 117 119 144 181 184 209 649 1453 1459
Religious houses 302
Russian257 334
Satire 1428 1434
Scottish 106 215 638 847
Sea see Navigation
Sermon 45
Shorthand 137 1476
Spanish 52 74 81 190 198 199 237 280 301 344
Spelling 137 154 177 667 708
Stars 92
Statutes see Law
Stones917
Strange words 58 180 690
Sumptuary law 1431
Supernatural 1423
Surgery see Medicine
Surveying 702 1152 1260 1427
Ter (Guinea dialect) 228
Terms of association 22 835
Titles 315
Travel see also Exploration146 191 227 947 
Turkish 1385
Uncouth terms 273
Vai (Guinea dialect) 228
Veterinary Medicine 178
Wales 1204
War see also Artillery150 225 1385 1429
Weights and Measures 67 169 267 348
Welsh 62 68 Words1551 638 326 1394 Welsh1581 Salesbury1597
Wills 1421
Wine 112
Words see Branded words, Hard words, Inkhorn terms, Names, Neologisms, Obscure words, Old words, Strange words, Terms of Association, Uncouth terms
Writing systems see Orthography, Shorthand

Ed. Ian Lancashire and Isabel Zhu, with contributions from Julia DaSilva, Paramita Dutta, Xueqi Fan, Sky Li, Kristie Lui, Annika Sparrell, Timothy Aberdingk Thijm, and Shirley Wang
© 2025 Ian Lancashire