Ælfric
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It must be, it was Ælfric the juggler, who had joined them on their journey.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Such was the power of the Church over the people that not once did it enter the head of Ælfric to disobey her command.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
“Saw ye not, Ælfric, with what longing eyes she gazed upon it?”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
“The holy housel,” Ælfric writes, “is by nature corruptible bread and wine, and is by the power of the divine word truly Christ’s body and blood; not, however, bodily but spiritually.”
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
King Alfred's Translations, the English Chronicle, the Homilies of Ælfric, are simple and clear enough; and, coming down later, the English Bible set forth by Wyclif and his contemporaries.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
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