Ælfredian

English

Etymology

From Ælfred +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Ælfredian (comparative more Ælfredian, superlative most Ælfredian)

1. Alternative form of Alfredian.
   • 1826, John Josias Conybeare, edited by William Daniel Conybeare, Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, London: […] Harding and Lepard, […], page 258:

     The style of these Ælfredian versions is distinguished from that of the Cædmonian school by its great simplicity of diction, and the absence of those poetical phrases which are so characteristic of the latter, […]

   • 2004, Rochelle Altman, Absent Voices: The Story of Writing Systems in the West, Oak Knoll Press, →ISBN, page 230:

     In examining Table 11.2, the reader may have noted that the Parker is not the only Ælfredian manuscript subject to multiple personalities.

   • 2016, Elizabeth Dearnley, Translators and Their Prologues in Medieval England, D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, page 46:

     She includes a useful table of references suggesting knowledge of classical translation theory in Ælfredian prologues and epilogues (p. 158).