Épinal-Erfurt glossary

It survives in two manuscripts (from Épinal and Erfurt).

[1] It has been described as "the earliest body of written English",[2] and is thought to have been compiled at Malmesbury for Aldhelm (c.

[3] Two main manuscripts of the Glossary exist today:[4] 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.

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