Ælfric’s Glossary
E493771
Ælfric’s Glossary is an Old English bilingual word list traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric, designed to aid the understanding of Latin vocabulary.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ælfrician corpus | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English glossary
ⓘ
bilingual word list ⓘ medieval lexicographical work ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar | Ælfric of Eynsham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| field |
language education
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| genre |
glossary
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | monastic education in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Latin lemmata with Old English glosses
ⓘ
bilingual lexical entries ⓘ |
| hasForm | word list ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
evidence for Old English lexical equivalents of Latin terms
ⓘ
important witness to early English lexicography ⓘ source for the study of Anglo-Saxon bilingualism ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasTargetLanguage | Old English ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | students of Latin in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Old English ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid understanding of Latin vocabulary
ⓘ
pedagogical tool for learning Latin ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Saxon Latin learning
ⓘ
Old English glossaries ⓘ medieval Latin vocabulary study ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Ælfric of Eynsham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | teaching Latin to Old English speakers ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ælfrician corpus