AELFRIC OF EYNSHAM

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AELFRIC OF EYNSHAM. [c.955–c.1020], also Ælfric (pronounced ‘Elfritch’). West Saxon monk, teacher, and writer, Abbot of Eynsham from 1005. He wrote homilies, saints' lives, translations from the Old Testament, treatises, and letters, and for learners of Latin a grammar, glossary, and teaching dialogue. He used LATIN literary devices in his English works, alliteration and verse rhythm from poetry in his prose, and was influential until long after the Norman Conquest of 1066. See BIBLE.

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