Lexicon Lithuanicum

Handwritten 17th-century German–Lithuanian dictionary (East Prussia dialect).

This repository preserves the raw dictionary source and provides structured data for reuse.

Contents

• index.html — repository landing page with links and a live dictionary search.
• start.html — raw source text with metadata and the dictionary entries.
• search.html — dedicated bilingual search page with German and Lithuanian inputs and a recent search history.
• dictionary.csv — structured dataset with German headwords and Lithuanian translations.
• dictionary.json — structured JSON dataset for programmatic use.
• parse_dictionary.py — parser script to regenerate the dataset from start.html.

Usage

Run the full regeneration flow in one step:

bash regenerate_dictionary.sh

This will regenerate both the structured data files and the directory HTML pages from the current source.

Use dictionary.csv for spreadsheet or data analysis tools. Use dictionary.json for web apps or scripts.

Notes

• The source preserves historic orthography and East Prussian German–Lithuanian forms.
• The files are encoded in UTF-8.
• dictionary.csv uses semicolons to separate multiple translations in a single field.

License

This repository uses the terms in LICENSE.