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Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham (Personal Name)

Preferred form: Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Used for/see from:
  • Aelfric, Grammaticus, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Aelfric, The Grammarian, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Elfrike, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Älfrik, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Aelfrik, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Alfric, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Alfricus, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Elfric, Abbot of Eynsham
  • Aelfricus, Abbot of Eynsham

Author's A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament ... 1623.

The Old English version of the Heptateuch, 1990: p. vii (Älfrik) p. 13 (Aelfrik) p. 15 (Abbot Elfrike)

BM cat. (hdg.: Aelfric, Grammaticus, Abbot of Eynsham; variant: Alfric; ref.: Alfricus)

NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham; usage: Aelfric, Elfric, Elfrike, Aelfricus; Aelfric, Archbishop of Canterbury [sic])

DNB (Ælfric, abbot, called Grammaticus, fl. 1006; celebrated author and translator; abbot of Eynsham; there is no ground for identifying him as a bishop or archbishop; pupil of Æthelwold; writings include: Homilies; Treatise on the Old and New Testaments; Heptateuchus; Life of St. Æthelwold; Excerpts from St. Æthelwold's Rule of St. Benedict; Canons; Quando dividis Chrisma; Latin grammar and glossary; Colloquium; and De temporibus anni)

New Catholic encyclopedia, 2nd edition: volume 1, page 136 (Aelfric Grammaticus; Benedictine abbot of Eynsham and greatest Anglo-Saxon author of the 10th and 11th centuries; born approximately 950 to 955; died approximately 1020; not the same as Aelfric, monk of Abingdon, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 995)

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