Serenius ordböcker och 1700-talets ordförråd

Abstract

The article is a review of a dissertation by Lena Rogström, University of Gothenburg: Jacob Serenius lexikografiska insats. The dissertation is a monographic study of three dictionaries by Jacob Serenius: Dictionarium Anglo-Swethico-Latinum (1734), Dictionarium Swethico-Anglo-Latinum (1741) and English and Swedish Dictionary (1757). After a presentation of the disposition and the major results of the lexicographical examination some questions are discussed, mostly concerning the vocabulary of the dictionaries in relation to the vocabulary of Swedish of the 18th century.