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Ælfric

American  
[al-frik] / ˈæl frɪk /

noun

  1. Ælfric GrammaticusÆlfric the Grammarian, a.d. c955–c1020, English abbot and writer.


Ælfric British  
/ ˈælfrɪk /

noun

  1. called Grammaticus. ?955–?1020, English abbot, writer, and grammarian

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These things were found again with Ælfric the juggler.”

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

Obediently the girl ran ahead a little, and Wulfhere resumed the conversation with Ælfric concerning the atrocities committed by the Danes.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

If followed by two kinds of numerals = Exodus in Ælfric de vetere et novo Testamento in the Bibl. der Ags.

From A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by Hall, J. R. Clark (John R. Clark)

By all the saints, I swear that Ælfric shall be revenged.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

French rhyme was far beyond any other model for romance; when it is used for historical or scientific exposition it is a poor and childish mode, incomparably weaker than the prose of Ælfric.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

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