Ælfric
Americannoun
noun
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“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
A freed-man do I stand before thee with help of none save Ælfric.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
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
Then the hounds gathered round some alders in which Ælfric lay concealed.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
But Ælfric works on principles that would have been approved by Dryden; and there is no better evidence of the humanities in those early times than this.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)
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