Ælfric’s Glossary
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Ælfric’s Glossary is an Old English bilingual word list traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric, designed to aid the understanding of Latin vocabulary.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old English Glossary | 1 |
| Ælfrician corpus | 1 |
| Ælfric’s Glossary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5094392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ælfric’s Glossary Context triple: [Ælfric’s Grammar, relatedWork, Ælfric’s Glossary]
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A.
Ælfric’s Grammar
Ælfric’s Grammar is an early medieval Latin grammar written in Old English, designed to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students and notable as one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe.
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B.
Ælfric’s Colloquy
Ælfric’s Colloquy is an Old English Latin-learning dialogue that offers insight into everyday life and social roles in late Anglo-Saxon England.
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C.
Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a 10th-century Old English manuscript and one of the most important surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including religious and secular works.
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D.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
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E.
Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ælfric’s Glossary Target entity description: Ælfric’s Glossary is an Old English bilingual word list traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric, designed to aid the understanding of Latin vocabulary.
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A.
Ælfric’s Grammar
Ælfric’s Grammar is an early medieval Latin grammar written in Old English, designed to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students and notable as one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe.
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B.
Ælfric’s Colloquy
Ælfric’s Colloquy is an Old English Latin-learning dialogue that offers insight into everyday life and social roles in late Anglo-Saxon England.
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C.
Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a 10th-century Old English manuscript and one of the most important surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including religious and secular works.
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D.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
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E.
Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English glossary
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bilingual word list ⓘ medieval lexicographical work ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar | Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| field |
language education
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lexicography ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| genre |
glossary
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lexicography ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | monastic education in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Latin lemmata with Old English glosses
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bilingual lexical entries ⓘ |
| hasForm | word list ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
evidence for Old English lexical equivalents of Latin terms
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important witness to early English lexicography ⓘ source for the study of Anglo-Saxon bilingualism ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasTargetLanguage | Old English ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | students of Latin in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
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Old English ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid understanding of Latin vocabulary
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pedagogical tool for learning Latin ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Saxon Latin learning
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Old English glossaries ⓘ medieval Latin vocabulary study ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ |
| usedFor | teaching Latin to Old English speakers ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ælfric’s Glossary Description of subject: Ælfric’s Glossary is an Old English bilingual word list traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric, designed to aid the understanding of Latin vocabulary.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ælfric’s Glossary
linked to: Ælfric’s Glossary