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18-603: The Scottish National Dictionary ( SND ) was published by the Scottish National Dictionary Association (SNDA) from 1931 to 1976 and documents the Modern (Lowland) Scots language . The original editor, William Grant, was the driving force behind the collection of Scots vocabulary. A wide range of sources were used by the editorial team in order to represent the full spectrum of Scottish vocabulary and cultural life. Literary sources of words and phrases up to

36-511: A comprehensive history of Scots . The SND Bibliography and the DOST Register of Titles have also been digitised and can be searched in the same way as the main data files. A new supplement compiled by Scottish Language Dictionaries was added in 2005. The digitisation project, which ran from February 2001 to January 2004, was based at the University of Dundee and primarily funded by a grant from

54-660: A new organisation, Scottish Language Dictionaries (SLD) was formed to further Scottish lexicography. Building on the work of The Scottish National Dictionary Association and the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, in 2021, Scottish Language Dictionaries became an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and changed its name to Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL). It is a registered charity in Scotland with

72-457: Is a registered charity in Scotland with the OSCR number SC032910. DSL also undertakes a wide programme of educational work throughout Scotland, with people of all ages and abilities. This article about a dictionary is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about Germanic languages is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Scotland -related article

90-589: The Scottish National Dictionary (the eSND project), using a customised XML markup based on Text Encoding Initiative guidelines. The Dictionary of the Scots Language data was later used to create sample categories for a new Historical Thesaurus of Scots project, led by Rennie at the University of Glasgow, which was launched in 2015. Dr Victor Skretkowicz was born in Hamilton, Ontario , in 1942; joined

108-501: The Arts and Humanities Research Board , with additional support provided by the Scottish National Dictionary Association and the Russell Trust . The project team was led by academic, Dr Victor Skretkowicz and lexicographer, Susan Rennie, a former Senior Editor with the Scottish National Dictionary Association . Its methodology was based on a previous, pilot project by Rennie to digitise

126-454: The OSCR number SC032910. DSL also undertakes a wide programme of educational work throughout Scotland, with people of all ages and abilities.. Scottish Language Dictionaries The DOST contains information about Older Scots words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries ( Early and Middle Scots ); SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s ( Modern Scots ). Together these 22 volumes provide

144-619: The University of Dundee 's English Department in 1978 and in 1989, became the Dundee University's representative on the Joint Council for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue being elected as its convenor three years later. Under his direction it was responsible for volumes 9–12 of that dictionary. In 2001, he was appointed Research Director of the project to create the Dictionary of

162-584: The Concise Scots Dictionary (1985) under the leadership of Mairi Robinson . In 1986 Iseabail Macleod became editorial director, and the SNDA went on to produce a wide range of smaller Scots dictionaries, including the Scots Thesaurus (1990). The Association also established an ongoing Word Collection in order to create a constantly updated resource on modern Scots. In 2001, the SNDA was a partner with

180-494: The SND up-to-date with a New Supplement, published online in 2005 as part of the Dictionary of the Scots Language . Scottish National Dictionary Association The Scottish National Dictionary Association (SNDA) was founded in 1929 to foster and encourage the Scots language, in particular by producing a standard dictionary of modern Scots. This primary aim was fulfilled in 1976 with

198-569: The Scots Language . Skretkowicz retired from Dundee in 2007 and died in 2009. Archives relating to his work are held by the University of Dundee's Archive Services. Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL), originally Scottish Language Dictionaries, is Scotland's lexicographical body for the Scots Language . DSL is responsible for the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the Scottish National Dictionary . The organisation

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216-510: The University of Dundee in a major digitisation project to create the online Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL). The DSL project digitised the complete first edition texts of both the Scottish National Dictionary and the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue to create a free online resource, which was published in 2004. In 2002, when the related Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue Project reached completion,

234-548: The completion of the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND), covering the language from 1700 to 1976. Material for SND is drawn from a wide variety of written and oral sources of Lowland Scots from Shetland to Ulster. SND was produced under the editorial direction of William Grant (from 1929 to 1946), and of David Murison (from 1946 to 1976). After the Scottish National Dictionary was completed, with its Supplement, in 1976. The Association went on to produce

252-589: The mid-twentieth century were thoroughly investigated, as were historical records, both published and unpublished, of Parliament, Town Councils, Kirk Sessions and Presbyteries and Law Courts. More ephemeral sources such as domestic memoirs, household account books, diaries, letters and the like were also read for the dictionary, as well as a wide range of local and national newspapers and magazines, which often shed light on regional vocabulary and culture. Perhaps because Scots has often been perceived as inappropriate for formal situations (including formal written text) during

270-449: The number and range of written sources and expanded the coverage of oral material. He improved the layout and clarity of the entries, revealing the healthy position of modern Scots usage in spite of centuries of neglect. Murison was therefore instrumental in encouraging the study of modern Scots and fostering respect for it as a language. He was responsible for the completion of Volume III, and for overall control of Volumes IV to X. In 1985,

288-528: The one-volume Concise Scots Dictionary based on the SND and DOST was published (editor-in-chief Mairi Robinson ). From 2001 to 2004, a team at Dundee University, led by Dr Victor Skretkowicz and lexicographer, Susan Rennie, digitised the full text of all ten volumes and made them freely available as part of the online Dictionary of the Scots Language . An award from the Heritage Lottery Fund brought

306-411: The period from 1700 to the present day, many words and expressions that were in regular everyday use did not appear in print. In order to redress this imbalance and fully appreciate the linguistic oral heritage of Scots, field-workers for the dictionary collected personal quotations across the country. David Murison became editor of the dictionary in 1946, after William Grant's death. He greatly increased

324-416: Was formed in 2002 and continues the work of several generations of Scottish lexicographers. The current project team includes editorial staff from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and from the Scottish National Dictionary Association . In 2021, Scottish Language Dictionaries became an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and changed its name to Dictionaries of the Scots Language. It

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