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LEME

Lexicons of Early Modern English

Abbreviations for Languages

LanguageAbbreviationEquivalent
Albanianab
Alemanicae
Algonquinal
Ancientan
Arabicar
Armenianam
ArmoricacCeltic
Assyrianas
Barbarianbb
Basqueba
Belgiumbl
Bohemianbo
BritishbrEnglish
Bulgarianbu
CambridgecaEnglish
Cambro-Britaincb
Celticce
Chaldeecl
CheshirechEnglish
Cimbrianci
Cornishco
CumberlandcuEnglish
Danishda
DerbyshiredyEnglish
DevonshiredvEnglish
Dutchdu
East-Indiesea
Egyptianeg
Englishen
English:CantingctEnglish
Eskimoes
EssexexEnglish
Ethiopianet
Etruscaner
Flemishfl
Frenchfr
French Picardpi
Frisianfi
Gaelicga
Gallicgc
Gaulishgl
Georgiange
Germangr
Gothishgo
Gotho-Swedishgs
Greekgk
Greek transliteratedgktGreek
Guineangu
Haitianha
Hebrewhe
Hebrew transliteratedhetHebrew
HerefordshirehrEnglish
High Dutchhd
Hindihi
Hungarianhn
Huronhu
Icelandicic
Ilyrianil
Indianin
Irishir
Italianit
Javaneseja
KentktEnglish
LancashirelcEnglish
Latinla
Laurentianlt
Leicestershirele
LincolnshireliEnglish
Low DutchldDutch
Lusitanianlu
Malagasymg
Malayma
Mandemy
Manxmx
Medianmn
Middle Englishme
Moldavianmd
Moluccanml
Moorishmo
Nahuatlna
Netherlandsne
NorfolknkEnglish
Normanno
North Walesnw
NorthamptonshirenhEnglish
NorthernnnEnglish
NorthumberlandnbEnglish
Norwegiannr
NottinghamshirentEnglish
Occitanoc
Old Englishoe
Old Frenchof
Old Norseon
Old Saxonos
Old Wordow
Oxfordshireox
Persianpe
Phoenicianph
Phrygianpr
Polishpo
Portuguesept
Punicpu
Quotequo
Runic Danishrn
Russianru
Sanskritsan
Sarmatiansa
Saxonsx
ScotsscEnglish
Scythiansh
Serbiansr
SheffieldsfEnglish
Slavicsl
SomersetsmEnglish
Southernsn
Spanishsp
StaffordshirestEnglish
SuffolkskEnglish
SussexssEnglish
Swedishse
Syriacsy
Syriac transliteratedsytSyriac
TeutonicttGerman
Thanet, Isle ofthEnglish
to-be-enteredtbd
Turkishtu
Tuscants
Unknownun
Vulgar (non-Latin)vu
Wallonwa
WarwickshirewarEnglish
Welshwe
Westernwn
WestmorlandwmEnglish
WiltshirewtEnglish
WorcestershirewoEnglish
YorkshireykEnglish

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