Look up Ælfric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ælfric (Old English Ælfrīc, Middle English Elfric) is an Anglo-Saxon given name, consisting of the...
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genres. He is also known variously as Ælfric the Grammarian (Alfricus Grammaticus), Ælfric of Cerne, and Ælfric the Homilist. In the view of Peter Hunter...
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However, when Harthacnut became king, Ælfric became a supporter of Harthacnut. During Harthacnut's reign, Ælfric was sent with others to disinter Harold's...
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Ælfric III was a medieval Bishop of Elmham. He was consecrated in 1039 and died between 1042 and 1043. Old English: Ælfrīc Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E...
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It is also known as Aelfric Society Publications. The Ælfric Society was named in honor of Ælfric of Eynsham, a Benedictine monk who wrote a Saxon grammar...
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Ælfric Bata (fl. 1005) was a monk and a disciple of Ælfric of Eynsham at Winchester some time before 1005. The epithet Bata is unclear; the formerly accepted...
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Ælfric, who is described as maior domus regis by the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis (History of Abingdon Abbey), refers to Ælfric Cild or to Ælfric,...
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names Ælfric as abbot, the abbatial lists do not record him as such. Indirect corroboration of his being abbot at Abingdon is a grant of land to Ælfric personally...
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in modern English and as Ælfric Wihtgarsson in the patronymic system, was an Anglo-Norse thegn from East Anglia. While Ælfric is an Old English name, his...
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Ælfric (Old English: Ælfrīc; died c. 987) was a medieval Bishop of Crediton. Ælfric was elected to Crediton between 977 and 979. He died between 986 and...
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