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Ælfric
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Ælfric [ˈælfrɪk]
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(Biographies / Ælfric (?955-?1020) M, English, RELIGION: abbot, WRITING: writer, LANGUAGE: grammarian) called Grammaticus. ?955-?1020, English abbot, writer, and grammarian


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While earlier Latin writers such as Bede and Alcuin are both comfortable with the metaphor of spiritual intoxication, later vernacular writers such as AEfric refrain from developing such imagery (perhaps because `he was too concerned about inebriation in its immediate, literal sense to wish to explore the fine points of its spiritual meaning' (p.
 
 
 
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