Spurrell (William)

  • d. 1889
  • authors
  • Carmarthen
Welsh, Carmarthen-born printer/publisher, author and lexicographer; issued a Welsh grammar, a Welsh-English dictionary (1848) and an English-Welsh dictionary (1850).


Spurrell, William, Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesonaeg: Dictionary of the Welsh language with English synonyms and explanations, 3rd ed., Carmarthen: Spurrell, 1866.
Spurrell, William, Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesonaeg: A dictionary of the Welsh language with English synonyms and explanations, 1st ed., Carmarthen: Spurrell, 1848.  
First edition of William Spurrell’s Welsh-English dictionary. Subsequent editions appeared in 1859 (2nd ed.), 1866 (3d ed.), 1889 (4th ed.) and 1904 (5th ed.), followed by the revised edition of John and Edward Anwyl (1914 and ff).
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