Ælfric (English spelling) AElfric

Japanese: Ælfric(英語表記)AElfric
Ælfric (English spelling) AElfric

…The former is organized by text, while the latter arranges all of the words in alphabetical order. In contrast to this alphabetical glossary, there are Latin thesauri that list Latin synonyms related in meaning and content by subject, and also provide Old English words that correspond in meaning. A representative example of this is the compilation by Ælfric (date of birth and death unknown), Archbishop of Canterbury, around the 10th century. However, after the Norman Conquest in 1066, the compilation of this type of dictionary also declined with the decline of English as the national language, and only a few fragmentary thesauri were found. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ælfric" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前者はテキストごとにまとめてあるが,後者では全部をアルファベット順に配列している。このようなアルファベット順用語解に対して,主題ごとに意味・内容上関連するラテン語類義語を記載し,これに意味上対応する古期英語の語句を添えたラテン語類語集があるが,その代表的なものは10世紀ころのカンタベリー大主教エルフリックÆlfric(生没年不詳)の編に擬せられるものである。しかし,1066年のノルマン・コンクエスト後は,国語としての英語の衰微とともにこの種の辞書類の編集も不振となり,断片的な類語集が数編見られるにとどまった。…

※「Ælfric」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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