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*"Hence we exclude all words that had become obsolete by 1150 [the end of the [[Old English]] era] ... Dialectal words and forms which occur since 1500 are not admitted, except when they continue the history of the word or sense once in general use, illustrate the history of a word, or have themselves a certain literary currency."</center>
*"Hence we exclude all words that had become obsolete by 1150 [the end of the [[Old English]] era] ... Dialectal words and forms which occur since 1500 are not admitted, except when they continue the history of the word or sense once in general use, illustrate the history of a word, or have themselves a certain literary currency."
The ''OED'' is the focus of much scholarly work about English words. Its choice of order in listing [[#Spelling|variant spellings]] of headwords influences the written English of many countries.
The ''OED'' is the focus of much scholarly work about English words. Its choice of order in listing [[#Spelling|variant spellings]] of headwords influences the written English of many countries.