He was the author of an early Hebrew-Amharic dictionary.

Menahem produced an early dictionary of the Hebrew language.

We investigated it for one of our earlier dictionaries as it seemed quite economical on space.

He was the producer of an early Bengali dictionary.

Unsurprisingly, modern English language dictionaries do indeed contain the word, although some of the earliest dictionaries did not.

It is the earliest substantial bilingual dictionary known.

Despite its impressive size, the OED is neither the world's largest nor the earliest exhaustive dictionary of a language.

Another earlier large dictionary is the Grimm brothers' dictionary of the German language, begun in 1838 and completed in 1961.

His Latin Dictionary, the earliest comprehensive dictionary of the language, was completed in 1538.

Can you imagine what he'd think of the modern harmless drudges who call his early dictionary "a good read ?"