Ælfric the Grammarian, Abbot of Eynsham

• ABOUT:
  • 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia Entry: (Read with caution)
  • From The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. --- Bartleby
  • Oxford University Reading List --- Oxford
  • Kathy Lavezzo: Another Country -- Ælfric and the Production of English Identity, (2006). Chapter 1 of her Angels on the Edge of the World (Cornell, 2006).

• WORKS:
  • Colloquy: In Old English; includes a sound file. --- University of Calgary
  • Life of St. Lucy. Translation from Walter W. Skeat, ed., Ælfric's Lives of Saints (London: Early English Text Society, 1881-1900). --- Univ. of Virginia
  • On the Seasons of the Year: Baker translation. --- Univ. of Virginia
  • St. Abbo of Fleury: The Passion of St. Edmund: Ælfric's English translation of this Latin text is considered an important Anglo-Saxon literary document.
    • Passio Sancti Edmundi: Probably the best online edition, with original Latin, as well as modern English, Old English, and Anglo-Norman translations. The modern English translations are by Lord Hervey (from Latin, 1907), Grant (from Anglo-Norman, 1978), and Skeat (from Anglo-Saxon, date not included, but it comes from the Early English Text Society edition). --- Old English Online Editions
    • Ælfric's Life of St. Edmund: --- Univ. of Virginia