August 1, 2025 | History

Edit

Walter W. Skeat

British etymologist and professor (1835-1912)

Born	1835
Died	1912

236 works Add another?

Most Editions

Most Editions First Published Most Recent Top Rated Reading Log Trending Random

Details Grid — Show only ebooks?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 12 Next >

Preview

Preview Book
×Close

The Bruce: or, The book of the most excellent and noble prince, Robert de Broyss, King of Scots

by Barbour, John and Walter W. Skeat First published in 1870 — 20 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Create a new list
×Close

Name:

Description:

Cancel
Preview

A concise etymological dictionary of the English language.

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1882 — 14 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

An etymological dictionary of the English language.

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1882 — 13 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

An English-Anglo-Saxon vocabulary

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1879 — 10 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

English dialects from the eighth century to the present day

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1911 — 9 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

Principles of English etymology

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1887 — 9 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
primer of English etymology.

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1892 — 6 editions

Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

The place-names of Cambridgeshire

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1901 — 6 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

The evolution of the Canterbury tales.

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1907 — 5 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

The science of etymology

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1912 — 5 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1906 — 5 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Malay Magic: Being An Introduction To The Folklore And Popular Religion Of The Malay Peninsula

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1965 — 5 editions

Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

The Chaucer canon, with a discussion of the works associated with the name of Geoffrey Chaucer

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1900 — 5 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

Fables & folk-tales from an eastern forest

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1901 — 5 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1897 — 4 editions

Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula: Pt. 3. Religion. Pt. 4. Language. Appendix. Comparative Vocabulary of Aboriginal Dialects. Index of Subjects. Index of Proper Names. Index of Native Words

by Walter W. Skeat and Charles Otto Blagden First published in 2008 — 4 editions

Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

The Chaucer canon: with a discussion of the works associated with the name of Geoffrey Chaucer

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1900 — 4 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

Mœso-Gothic glossary: with an introduction, an outline of Mœso-Gothic grammar, and a list of Anglo-Saxon and old and modern English words etymologically connected with Mœso-Gothic

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1868 — 4 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
eight-text edition of the Canterbury tales: With remarks upon the classification of the manuscripts and upon the Harleian Manuscript 7334.

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1905 — 4 editions

Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list
Preview

Rime-index to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

by Walter W. Skeat First published in 1892 — 4 editions
Read

Listen

Locate
My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 12 Next >

British etymologist and professor (1835-1912)

Born	1835
Died	1912

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

OLID: OL1070041A
GoodReads: 228449
ISNI: 0000000120987787
Library of Congress Names: n80032735
Project Gutenberg: 4590
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV056097
VIAF: 4939197
Wikidata: Q322106
Inventaire.io: wd:Q322106

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

Alternative names

Walter W Skeat
Skeat, Walter William
Walter William Skeat
Walter Skeat
Reverend Walter W. Skeat
Walter, W. Skeat
Walter W. A. Skeat
Skeat, Walter W.
Skeat, Walter W Rev.
Walter A. Skeat
Skeat Walter W. Skeat
Walter W. SKEAT
Walter, W Skeat
Walter W . Skeat

History

Created April 1, 2008
8 revisions

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON

August 1, 2025	Edited by WikidataBot	[sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers
September 30, 2020	Edited by MARC Bot	add ISNI
July 31, 2018	Edited by DriniBot	removing erroneous .comment
March 31, 2017	Edited by MARC Bot	add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

Walter W. Skeat

236 works Add another?

Preview Book

Create a new list

Subjects

Places

People

Time

Lists

Add to List

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

Alternative names

History