TheDictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) (Scots:Dictionar o the Scots Leid,Scottish Gaelic:Faclair de Chànan na Albais) is an onlineScots–English dictionary run by Dictionaries of the Scots Language. Freely available via the Internet, the work comprises the two major dictionaries of theScots language:[1]
TheDOST contains information aboutOlder Scots words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries (Early andMiddle Scots); SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (Modern Scots). Together these 22 volumes provide a comprehensivehistory 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 theUniversity of Dundee and primarily funded by a grant from theArts and Humanities Research Board,[2] with additional support provided by theScottish National Dictionary Association and theRussell Trust.[3] The project team was led by academic, Dr Victor Skretkowicz and lexicographer, Susan Rennie, a former Senior Editor with theScottish National Dictionary Association.[4][5][6][7] Its methodology was based on a previous, pilot project by Rennie to digitise theScottish National Dictionary (the eSND project), using a customised XML markup based on Text Encoding Initiative guidelines.[8][9][10] The Dictionary of the Scots Language data was later used to create sample categories for a new Historical Thesaurus of Scots[11] project, led by Rennie at the University of Glasgow, which was launched in 2015.[12]
Dr Victor Skretkowicz was born inHamilton, Ontario, in 1942; joined theUniversity of Dundee's English Department in 1978 and in 1989, became the Dundee University's representative on the Joint Council for theDictionary 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 theDictionary of 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.[13][14]
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Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL), originally Scottish Language Dictionaries, is Scotland'slexicographical body for theScots Language. DSL is responsible for theDictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and theScottish National Dictionary. The organisation 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 theScottish 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 is a registered charity in Scotland with theOSCR number SC032910. DSL also undertakes a wide programme of educational work throughout Scotland, with people of all ages and abilities.
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