Épinal-Erfurt glossary


The Épinal-Erfurt glossary is a glossary of Old English. It survives in two manuscripts. It has been described as "the earliest body of written English", and is thought to have been compiled at Malmesbury for Aldhelm.

Manuscripts

Two main manuscripts of the Glossary exist today:
However, parts of the glossary are also found in other manuscripts, most importantly the Second Corpus Glossary, which contains amidst other glosses a complete text of the Épinal-Erfurt Glossary, descended independently from a common exemplar.

Facsimiles

The Épinal Glossary, Latin and Old English, ed. by Henry Sweet, Early English Text Society, o.s. 79b.

Editions

  • , ed. by Henry Sweet, Early English Text Society, o. s. 83, pp. 35–107.
  • “The Épinal Glossary, Edited with Critical Commentary of the Vocabulary”, ed. by A. K. Brown, 3 vols.', ed. by J. D. Pheifer,.
  • ', ed. by Michael W. Herren, David W. Porter, Hans Sauer.

Commentaries

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