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<p> [[Early]] English poet who flourished in the 12th century, and was by his own account priest near Bewdley, on the Severn; was author of a long poem or chronicle of 32,250 lines called "Brut d'Angleterre," and which is of interest as showing how [[Anglo-Saxon]] passed into the English of Chaucer. </p>
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<p> Early English poet who flourished in the 12th century, and was by his own account priest near Bewdley, on the Severn; was author of a long poem or chronicle of 32,250 lines called "Brut d'Angleterre," and which is of interest as showing how [[Anglo-Saxon]] passed into the English of Chaucer. </p>
 
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<ref name="term_75814"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/layamon Layamon from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_75814"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/layamon Layamon from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 15 October 2021

Layamon [1]

Early English poet who flourished in the 12th century, and was by his own account priest near Bewdley, on the Severn; was author of a long poem or chronicle of 32,250 lines called "Brut d'Angleterre," and which is of interest as showing how Anglo-Saxon passed into the English of Chaucer.

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