Lindisfarne, and a friend of Bede,
ETHELWARD (lived in 1090), com-
piled from the Saxon Chronicle a
history of the Anglo-Saxons, 522,
character and specimen of it, 522,
523, edition, 523
ETHELWOLD (born about 925-died
984), a monk of Glastonbury
under Dunstan, 435, made abbot
of Abingdon, 436, promoted to
the bishopric of Winchester, ib.
ejects the married priests from
the monasteries, 437, 438, re-
founds Ely, Peterborough, and
Thorney, 438, is a great builder
and mechanic, 439, his school
at Winchester, 439, 440, his
Anglo-Saxon translation of the
Rule of St. Benedict, 440, speci-
men of it, 441, specimen of ano-
ther Anglo-Saxon version, 442,
his disciples, 469, 471, 481, his
life by Wolstan, 473, by Alfric,
408, said to have been a disciple of
Gerbert, 67
ETHELWOLF (born before 770), a
native of Northumbria, 370, wrote
a poem on the eminent monks of
his abbey, 371, edition of it, 372
Ethelwolf, king, instructed by Swi-
thun, 377, was a monk before
his accession to the throne, 378,
sends his son Alfred to Rome, 379,
afterwards accompanies him there
in person, 379, marries Judith,
and dispossessed of part of his
kingdom, 380
Etna, Mount, described by Willi-
bald, 337
Eucharist, Anglo-Saxon doctrine of
the, 484, 488, 489, 497, 498, 505,
507
Euclid's Elements, pretended to
have been introduced into Eng-
land by King Ethelstan, 83
Evesham, description of, by Egwin,
228, 229
Exeter, bishopric of, period of its
foundation, 411
Exeter Manuscript, 4, 19, 25, 28,
38, 79-82, 105, 502, 503, 504
FELIX (flourished in 730), a monk
of Croyland, 246, his life of Guth-
lac, 247, specimens of the original
and of the Anglo-Saxon transla-
tion, 248, 249, editions, 249
Felix of Urgel, a sectarian bishop
opposed by Alcuin, 352
Feroe Islands, inhabited by Irish
monks at the beginning of the
seventh century, 375
Fidelis, a monk who travelled to
Egypt and the Holy Land, 373
Figure of the Earth, Anglo-Saxon
opinions on the, 90
Finn, the Romance of, 6, 13
Finnesburh, Battle of, fragment of
an Anglo-Saxon poem, 6, note
FOLCHARD (flourished in 1066), a
French scholar brought to England
about the time of the Conquest,512,
distinguished as a writer of Saints'
Lives, 513, extract from his life of
John of Beverley, ib. editions,
FORTHHERE (died after 737), bishop
of Sherborne, a friend of Bede,
294, accompanies queen Frythegith
to Rome, ib.
Fothadus, a person said to have dis-
puted against Dunstan, 456, note
France, state of, in the latter half of
the sixth century, 144, in the
seventh, 169, 170
FRIDEGODE (flourished in 956), a
monk of Dover, 433, books attri-
buted to him, ib. specimen of his
metrical life of Wilfred, 434, edi-
tion, ib.
Friesland, visited by Wilfred, 177,
partly converted by Wilbrord,
251-260, visited by Boniface,
310, 329, 330, converted by Wille-
FRITHWALD (died 763), bishop of
Whitern, 369
FULBERTUS, first abbot of Croyland,
said to have written homilies, &c.
468
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 127, 129
Geography, among the Anglo-Saxons,
Geological legends, 93
Gerbert (pope Silvester II), legendary
story concerning him, 65, 66,
Ethelwold's letter to him on the
quadrature of the circle, 439
Gewilieb, bishop of Mentz, story
concerning him, 325
GILDAS, (a supposititious writer of
the sixth century) his legendary
history, 115-119, authors of this
history, 119, its authenticity im-
pugned, 120-129, date of his
death, 123, object for which the
book attributed to him was forged,
128, 129, manuscripts of his tract
de Excidio Britanniæ, 129, edi-
tions, 129, 130, 134, specimen of
his style, 131, other books attri-
buted to Gildas, 131–134
GISO (died 1086,) a native of Lor-
raine, made bishop of Wells by
Edward the Confessor, 516, a
fragment of his writings discovered
by Mr. Hunter, 517
Glastonbury, spoken of as a monas-
tery in the time of Gildas, 118,
122, legends connected with it,
444
Glosses, or Interlinear translations,
common in Anglo-Saxon manu-
scripts, 51
Godwin, a hero of Anglo-Saxon Ro-
mance, 15
GOTSELIN (died 1098), a French
monk brought to England in the
reign of Edward the Confessor, 518
lives of saints written by him,
518-520, specimen of his style,
520, editions, 521, his edition of
Withman's Life of Ivo, 512, 518
Greek language, partiality for it
among the Anglo-Saxons, 43
Gregory, St., especially revered by
the Anglo-Saxons, 17, note
Gregory's Pastorale, translated into
Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred, 393,
Alfred's preface to this book, 397,
his Dialogues translated into An-
glo-Saxon, by bishop Werferth,
416
GRIMBALD (died 903), brought from
France by king Alfred, 417, legend
relating to his transactions at Ox-
ford, 417, 418
Guenever, queen of King Arthur,
Guthlac, St., his life by Felix of
Croyland, 247-249
Guy of Warwick, Romance of 16
HAEDDI, or HEDDA, (died 705),
succeeded Leutherius as bishop of
Winchester, 206, educated under
Hilda, 207, his character, and
works attributed to him, ib.
Harold, son of Earl Godwin, threat-
ened with excommunication by
bishop Giso, 516
Havelok, Romance of, 16
HAYMO of York (flourished 1010),
the reputed writer of a chronicle,
510
HAYMO of Canterbury (died 1054),
the writer of commentaries on the
Scriptures, &c. 510, confounded
with Haymo of Fulda, ib.
HEREMAN (died 1077), a Fleming,
made bishop of Wilton by Edward
the Confessor, 514, removed to
the bishopric of Sherborne, 515,
moved this latter see to Salisbury,
ib. not the same person as Her-
mannus the archdeacon 516
Hereward, the Anglo-Saxon hero,
15, 16
Hermannus the archdeacon, author
of a history of the Miracles of St.
Edmund, 516
Hessians converted by Boniface, 315,
316
Hewald, two persons of this name
missionaries to Saxony, 253, their
martyrdom, 254
Hexham, the church built by Wil-
Hilda, St. 171, 195, 207, 231, 237
Holy Land, visited by Arculf, 203,
by Willibald, 337, by Fidelis, 373,
by Withman, 511
Homer, middle-age, notion of him,
56, note.
Homilies, Anglo-Saxon, by Alfric,
61, 62, 482, 487-489, by Wulf-
stan, 506, 507
JOHANNES SCOTUS (died 877),
native of Ireland, settled in France,
419, his treatises on Predestina-
tion and the Eucharist, 420, his
translation of Dionysius the Are-
opagite, 421, attacked by the Ca-
tholics, 421, 422, his other works,
422, his jokes, 423, tradition of
his visit to England, 423, 424,
specimen of his style, 424, editions
of his works, 425
John, the arch-chanter, 189
JOHN OF BEVERLEY (died 721),
writers of his life, 231, a native of
Yorkshire and scholar of Theo-
dore, ib. made bishop of Hexham,
232, and archbishop of York, ib.
founds the monastery of Beverley,
233, his miracles, 233, 234, his
character by Folchard, 513
Ruys, in Britany, 117
Selsey, 179
St. Gall, 155
Thorney, 438
Wearmouth, 187
Winchester, 391
Worcester, 464
Yarrow, or Jarrow, 189
Monks, introduced into England by
Odo, of Canterbury, 430, esta-
blished at Abingdon, by Ethel-
wold, 436, at Winchester, 437,
introduced by Dunstan, at Glas-
tonbury, 450, 451, by Oswald into
the diocese of Worcester, 465,
persecuted by king Edwy, 431,
diet of the Monks, 441, 442, their
duties on the Saturday, described,
459, 460
NENNIUS, a writer supposed to have
lived at the beginning of the 7th
century, 137, his History of the
Britons shown to be a forgery of
a later date, 138-141, character
and probable date of his book,
140, 141, edition, 141, 142
NEOT, ST. (died about 877), writers
of his life, 381, becomes a monk
at Glastonbury, 382, retires to a
hermitage in Cornwall, ib. works
attributed to him, 383. Period
when his life was first written,
410
Niebelungen, Romance of the, 13
NOTHHELM (died 739), presbyter of
London, and afterwards Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, 291, a friend
and assistant of Bede, ib.
ODO (died 961), born of Danish
parents, 428, baptized and entered
the priesthood, ib. made bishop of
Wilton, and afterwards archbishop
of Canterbury, 429, his zeal in
the introduction of monachism,
630, instigated Dunstan to fetch
king Edgar against his will into
the hall from the private apart-
ments of his queen, ib. perse-
cutes Alfgiva, 431, his character,
and specimen of his style, 432
Offa, Romance of, 13, 16
OFTFOR (Ostoforus), (died 692)
educated under Hilda and Theo-
dore, and made bishop of Worces-
ter, 208, works attributed to him,
ib.
Ohthere and Wulfstan, their voyages
of Discovery, 92
Ongend king of the Danes, visited
by Wilbrord, 256
Orosius, translated
Saxon by King Alfred, 393
Ordeal, the trial by, described by
the poet Wolstan, 472
OSWALD (died 992), writers of his life,
462, goes to reside at Fleury, 463,
made bishop of Worcester, 453,
464, promoted to the archbishop-
ric of York, 464, introduces monks
into his diocese, 465, converts the
priests of Worcester to monachism,
466, books attributed to him, ib.
OSWALD (flourished 1010), a monk
of Worcester, who studied with
distinction on the continent, 509
Oxford, legendary history of the
foundation by king Alfred, 383,
392, 417, 418
PLEGMUND (died 923), archbishop
of Canterbury, 413, king Alfred's
favourite bishop, 414, ordains
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