Blogs about: Aelfric
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To the Students of "Myths, Legends and Heroes":
I assume you’re responsible for the sudden spate of AElfric-related search strings which have been bringing people to this blog, particularly the ‘aelfric cult of saints’ string and … more →
The Naked Philologist
Aelfric: Those Who Pray, Work, and Fight
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mymangodfrey wrote 1 year ago: I’m always struck, when encountering competing ”explanations of law,” by the way i … more →
To the Students of "Myths, Legends and Heroes":
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: I assume you’re responsible for the sudden spate of AElfric-related search strings which have … more →
The Land of Milk and Honey
James wrote 1 year ago: The saying “the land of milk and honey” is normally used to refer to favourable countrie … more →
Dear Google
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: Just to be clear on this: none of AElric’s Saint’s Lives deal with Homosexual saints. Mo … more →
The Humourous Later Life of St Aethelthryth
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: So, my attempt to make Arthurian fudge cookies isn’t going so well. When the recipe says … more →
An interesting excercise...
highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: Rather than working on essays currently due (I know, I’m procrastinating), I had a go at chopp … more →
AElfric: quite a tricksy fellow
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: *Scratches head* I swear, I will never understand the ways of AElfric. In my quest to put together a … more →
St AEthelthryth, Naysayer
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: It’s hard to improve on the AElfrician narrative for sheer weirdness, sometimes. We will now w … more →
The Hilarious (After)Life of St Eadmund, with still more apologies to AElfric.
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: King Eadmund lived a boring life full of piety, generosity and justice. Things hotted up when Viking … more →
The Hilarious Death of St Eadmund, part two
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: Firstly, allow me to gloat about three things: 1. I finally finished the dratted chapter. It was sup … more →
The hilarious death of St Eadmund: Part One
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highlyeccentric wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been translating AElfric’s Life of St Eadmund this past week. Which is funny, becau … more →
