# Old English Dictionary

> Authoritative multilingual Old English (Anglo-Saxon) dictionary with 44,044 word entries, 42 letter groups, definitions, source abbreviations, works & authors references, related terms, and runic/orthography notes for learners and researchers.

This file follows the llms.txt convention: concise Markdown, curated high-value URLs, and sitemap links for exhaustive discovery. It intentionally points LLMs to stable index pages and XML sitemaps instead of duplicating every dictionary entry.

## Primary Resources

- [Old English Dictionary](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/): English homepage and x-default entry point for the dictionary.
- [Browse by Letter](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/home/letter/a.html): English letter-browse entry point; replace `a` with other letter slugs such as `ae`, `dh`, `th`, or `y2`.
- [Word Entry Example](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/home/word/a.html): Example dictionary entry; complete word-entry URLs are listed in the sitemap index.
- [Works & Authors](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/home/sourcelist/index): Source abbreviations, works, authors, and citation references used by dictionary entries.

## Language Editions

- [English](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/): English / en-US dictionary interface.
- [Deutsch](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/de): German / de-DE dictionary interface.
- [Français](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/fr): French / fr-FR dictionary interface.
- [Español](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/es): Spanish / es-ES dictionary interface.
- [Italiano](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/it): Italian / it-IT dictionary interface.
- [Português](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/pt): Portuguese / pt-PT dictionary interface.
- [中文](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/zh): 简体中文 / zh-CN dictionary interface for 古英语 and 盎格鲁-撒克逊语 entries.

## Localized URL Patterns

- [English word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/home/word/a.html): `/home/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [German word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/de/word/a.html): `/de/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [French word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/fr/word/a.html): `/fr/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [Spanish word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/es/word/a.html): `/es/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [Italian word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/it/word/a.html): `/it/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [Portuguese word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/pt/word/a.html): `/pt/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [Chinese word URLs](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/zh/word/a.html): `/zh/word/{word-slug}.html`
- [Localized letter pages](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/zh/letter/a.html): `/{language}/letter/{letter-slug}.html`, covering 42 Old English letter groups including æ, ð, þ, and long-vowel variants.

## Complete Indexes

- [Sitemap Index](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/sitemaps/sitemapindex.xml): Exhaustive XML sitemap index for all word-entry chunks across English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Chinese.
- [Pages Sitemap](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/sitemaps/sitemap-pages.xml): Language homepages, letter pages, source-list pages, and static policy pages.
- [Robots Policy](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/robots.txt): Current crawler policy. Search result pages and admin/importer paths should not be used as source pages.

## Optional

- [About Us](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/aboutus.html): Project and site information.
- [Privacy Policy](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/privacypolicy.html): Privacy and data-use information.
- [Terms & Conditions](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/termsconditions.html): Terms for using the site.
- [Advertising Terms](https://oldenglishdictionary.net/advertisingterms.html): Advertising policy and terms.