The Aelfric Society (Ælfric Society) was a publishing group founded in London (England), during 1842–1856,[1] which published the Homilies of Ælfric of Eynsham (perhaps Archbishop of Canterbury, during 996–1006)[2] and other works by Anglo-Saxon writers. It is also known as Aelfric Society Publications.
The Ælfric Society was named in honor of Ælfric of Eynsham, a Benedictine monk who wrote a Saxon grammar and dictionary (glossary).[2] He had also translated a number of homilies and the Heptateuch into Saxon language. For the society, the Anglo-Saxon scholar Benjamin Thorpe (1782–1870) edited the homilies, during 1844–1846. Ælfric's Saxon grammar and glossary had been printed, nearly two hundred years earlier, at Oxford in 1639 and 1698.[2]
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The Aelfric Society published several works, including: