The Aelfric Society (Ælfric Society) was a text publication society founded in London, England, and active from 1842 to 1856,[1] which published the Homilies of Ælfric of Eynsham (perhaps Archbishop of Canterbury, during 996–1006)[2] and other works by Anglo-Saxon writers.
The Ælfric Society was named in honor of Ælfric of Eynsham, a Benedictine monk who wrote a Saxon grammar and dictionary (glossary).
For the society, the Anglo-Saxon scholar Benjamin Thorpe (1782–1870) edited the homilies, during 1844–1846.
Ælfric's Saxon grammar and glossary had been printed, nearly two hundred years earlier, at Oxford in 1639 and 1698.
[2] The Edinburgh branch of the society operated from 87 Princes Street and was run by T G Stevenson.