Welcome to our Language & Philology Guide, where you will find tools to help you locate resources to help you learn and study foreign and ancient languages, whether for fun or to further your research in classical or foreign literature. This guide includes Latin, Old and Middle English, Celtic Languages, Old Norse, and Gothic Language. There are also sections on philology research in general and invented languages. Please note that the lists on these pages are not exhaustive lists on their topics. If you know of another good resource – or would like to see a page on another topic not currently included in this guide – let us know! Likewise, we would appreciate it if you would notify us of any dead links that you come across on these pages. Thank you!
Reference Sites
- Anglo Norman Dictionary
- Bosworth-Toller Anglo Saxon Dictionary
- Dictionary of Old English
- Dr. Gerhard Köbler’s Dictionaries
- Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (Dictionary of Welsh Language)
- Global Lexicostatistical Database
- Historical Thesaurus of English
- Intergaelic
- International Phonetic Alphabet (Interactive Chart)
- Linguee
- Middle English Dictionary
- National Terminology Database for Irish
- Numen: Latin Lexicon
- Omniglot: the Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems & Languages
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias — Linguistics
Philology & Linguistics Journals
- American Speech
- Anthropological Linguistics∗
- eLanguage Journal Archive∗
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology
- Language
- Linguistic Inquiry∗ (few articles open access)
- Modern Philology
- Pacific Coast Philology
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society∗
- Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology∗
- Semantics and Linguistic Theory Proceedings∗
- Semantics and Pragmatics∗
- Studies in Philology
- Translation and Literature
Old English Sites
- Anglo-Saxon Aloud
- Anglo-Saxon Homepage
- Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry Project
- Anglo-Saxon Podcasts from U of Oxford
- Anglo-Saxonists from the 16th-20th centuries
- Dr. Michael Drout
- Electronic Sawyer (Anglo-Saxon Charters)
- International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
- Old English @ U of Calgary
- Old English Online
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Regia Anglorum
- Runic Literacy in the Germanic Languages Project
- Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland
- University of Oxford Podcast “Medieval English”
For Resources on Old English & Middle English Literature, please see our Medieval Literature guide.
Reference Sites
- English-Irish & Irish English Dictionary and Language Library
- Gaelic (Learners)
- Geiriadur (Welsh-English & English-Welsh Dictionary)
- Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (Dictionary of Welsh Language)
- Gwybodiadur: a Welsh Informationary
- Irish Language and Alphabet
- Irish (Learners)
- Irish People’s Irish Lessons
- Learning Medieval Welsh
- National Terminology Database for Irish
- Old Irish Online
- Old Irish Spelling and Pronunciation
- Tearma.ie
- Welsh Language and Alphabet
- Welsh (Learners)
Celtic Studies Sites
- American Society for Irish Medieval Studies
- Celtic Literature Collective
- Celtic Studies Resources
- Center for Irish Programs @ Boston College
- Cymdeithas Madog: Welsh Studies Institute in North America
- Daltaí na Gaeilge
- The Four Branches of the Mabinogi
- Index to Welsh Poetry in Manuscript
- Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ Uni of Notre Dame
- National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin
- School of Celtic Studies @ Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Simon James Ancient Celts Page
- Vortigern Studies
- Welsh Language Society
- Welsh Literature
Reference Sites
Gothic Studies Sites
Reference Sites
- Bibliography of the History of Norway
- Cleasby-Vigfusson Icelandic-English Dictionary
- Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Zoega)
- Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
- Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literature
- English Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions
- Germanic Lexicon Project
- Handrit.is
- Heimskringla
- Inflectional Description of Modern Icelandic
- Icelandic Online
- Icelandic Online Dictionary and Readings
- Köbler’s Old Norse Dictionary
- Lexicon Poeticum
- Old Norse for Beginners
- Old Norse Online
- Old Norse Verb Paradigms
- Svenskt Runordsregister
- Viking Language (Old Norse)
- Vikings of Bjornstad’s Old Norse Dictionary
- Zoega’s Old Icelandic Dictionary
Viking Studies Sites
- Aldasaga
- Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Baekur.is
- Center for the Study of the Viking Age
- Department of Nordic Research @ U of Copenhagen
- Dr. Jackson Crawford
- Jorvik Viking Center
- Museum Portal (Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg)
- Museum of Cultural History (including Viking Ship Museum)
- MUSIT
- Saga Thing
- Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
- Tattúínárdǿla Saga
- Viking Age History
- Viking History (BBC)
- Viking Studies Web Publications
- The Vikings of Bjornstad
- Vikings of North America
- Vikings Online
Invented Language Sites
- Arika Okrent’s In the Land of Invented Languages
- How to Invent a Tolkien-Style Language
- Mark Rosenfelder’s Metaverse
- The Klingon Language Institute
- The Language Creation Society
Tolkien Language & Script Sites