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A {ce} petergrys; "and in a Pictorial Vocabulary of the same date," Hoc cirpillum, A {ce} a pellek "(which word is probably a misprint, for in the" Promptorium Parvulorum, "c. 1440, it is" Peletyr, herbe, _serpillum piretrum_ "), both of which are almost certainly the Wild Thyme; while in an Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary of the tenth or eleventh century we have
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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Promptorium Parvulorum, our earliest English-Latin Dictionary (1440).
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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_Medulla Grammatices_, or Marrow of Grammar, the _Ortus Vocabulorum_, or Garden of Words, the _Promptorium Parvulorum_, and the _Catholicon
The evolution of English lexicography James Augustus Henry Murray 1876
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The former of these is the _Promptorium Parvulorum_, completed in 1440, published by the Camden Society in 1865; which contains a rather large proportion of East Anglian words.
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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_Promptorium Parvulorum_, from the Winchester MS., ab.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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In the Promptorium Parvulorum we have the "Targe, or chartyr -- carta."
A Bundle of Ballads Henry Morley 1858
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In the _Promptorium Parvulorum_, vol i.p. 51., we find --
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Latin dictionaries such as the Promptorium Parvulorum
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_Promptorium Parvulorum_, the Children's Store-room or Repository.
The evolution of English lexicography James Augustus Henry Murray 1876
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_Promptorium Parvulorum_, where may be found -- "Bruwyn ale or other drynke, _Pandoxor_.
alexz commented on the word Promptorium Parvulorum
This is a 1440 English - Latin dictionary. Written by Geoffrey the Grammarian.
It has been republished many times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promptorium_parvulorum
http://archive.org/details/promptoriumparvu00camduoft
Also available on Google books.
In a debate with a grammar nazi who says 'you ought not talk like that', the Promptorium Parvulorum is the trump card to play when using the 'Living Language" play.
For a Harry Potterish win, end the argument with "promptorium parvolorum grammaticus tyrannus begone!"
February 21, 2013