The Ælfrician Glossaries in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barlow 35: A New Edition and Commentary

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The present study provides a full edition and commentary of the three glossaries in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barlow 35, fol. 57r–v. These glossaries, which were first partly edited and discussed by Liebermann (1894), are comprised of excerpts from Ælfric’s <jats:italic>Grammar</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Glossary</jats:italic> arranged by subject. The selection of material from the two Ælfrician works witnesses to the interests of the glossator. The first glossary in Barlow 35 collects Latin grammatical terms and verbs followed by their Old English equivalents. The second glossary is drawn from the chapter on plant names of Ælfric’s <jats:italic>Glossary</jats:italic>, with interpolations from other chapters of the same work. This glossary also features twelfth-century interlinear notations, which seem to have a metatextual function. The third glossary combines excerpts from Ælfric’s <jats:italic>Glossary</jats:italic> with verbs derived from the <jats:italic>Grammar</jats:italic>. Liebermann transcribed only part of the glosses and gave a brief commentary on the glossaries as well as parallels with Zupitza’s (1880) edition of Ælfric’s <jats:italic>Grammar</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Glossary</jats:italic>; hence the need for a new edition, which is provided in the present study, along with a comprehensive discussion of the glossaries and a reassessment of the correspondences concerning their Ælfrician sources.</jats:p>