Ælfric, Leofric and In Natale Plurimorum Apostolorum
- Title:
- Ælfric, Leofric and In Natale Plurimorum Apostolorum
- Author:
- Hill, J.
- Publication Info:
- D.S. Brewer
- Location:
- Woodbridge
- Notes:
- CCCC MSS 162 and 178 Article discusses Hugh Magennis’s interest in the importance of laughter in Anglo-Saxon texts focusing on the orthographic (and subsequently semantic) confusion surrounding initial /h/ before consonants in Old English, particularly with regard to hleahter/hleahtor (laughter) and leahter (sin). Compares the arrangement of CCCC MS 178 with CCCC MS 162 in relation to the order of Ælfrician pieces, 217
- Editor:
- McWilliams, S.
- Pages:
- 112–122
- Book Title:
- Saints and Scholars: New Perspectives on Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture in Honour of Hugh Magennis
- Reference Type:
- Book section
- Manuscript:
- cg474kk2275