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This template assists citing the 4th edition of An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat.
Usage
The first parameter is the word entry. Other options are:
|page=
or|pages=
|source=
– if unspecified or set toarchive
, the citation will link to Archive.org; if set togoogle
, it will link to Google Books; if set tonone
, the link will not appear; if set to anything else, it will override the link (must be a URL)|mode=cs2
– makes it compatible with {{Citation}}
If both the first parameter and the page(s) are specified, the entry will be linked instead of the book title.
Examples
Markup | Renders as |
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{{Cite Skeat|word|page=722}} |
Skeat, Walter W. (1910). "word". An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 722. |
Markup | Renders as |
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{{Cite Skeat|pages=722–759}} |
Skeat, Walter W. (1910). An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 722–759. |
Markup | Renders as |
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{{Cite Skeat|wizard|page=720|source=google}} |
Skeat, Walter W. (1910). "wizard". An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 720. |
If a page number does not link correctly to the corresponding page on Archive.org or Google Books, you can use |source=
to link to the correct URL.
Markup | Renders as |
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{{Cite Skeat|abandon|page=1|source=https://archive.org/stream/etymologicaldict00skea#page/n48/mode/1up}} |
Skeat, Walter W. (1910). "abandon". An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 1. |