Middle English life of St Frideswide
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The Middle English life of St Frideswide is a medieval vernacular hagiographical poem recounting the miracles, virginity, and religious significance of Oxford’s patron saint, Frideswide.
All labels observed (1)
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| Middle English life of St Frideswide canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20132253 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle English life of St Frideswide Context triple: [St Frideswide, hasHagiography, Middle English life of St Frideswide]
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A.
An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse
An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse is a classic anthology and textbook of Old English language and literature compiled by philologist Henry Sweet for students and scholars.
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B.
Ælfric’s Glossary
Ælfric’s Glossary is an Old English bilingual word list traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric, designed to aid the understanding of Latin vocabulary.
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C.
Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts is an influential early 18th-century scholarly survey and description of Old English manuscript holdings, foundational to the study of Anglo-Saxon literature and history.
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D.
Asser’s Life of King Alfred
Asser’s Life of King Alfred is a late 9th-century Latin biography of King Alfred the Great, written by the Welsh monk Asser and serving as a key primary source for Alfred’s reign and early English history.
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E.
Ceol of Wessex
Ceol of Wessex was an early 7th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, noted for seizing the throne in a coup and founding a short-lived ruling line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle English life of St Frideswide Target entity description: The Middle English life of St Frideswide is a medieval vernacular hagiographical poem recounting the miracles, virginity, and religious significance of Oxford’s patron saint, Frideswide.
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A.
An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse
An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse is a classic anthology and textbook of Old English language and literature compiled by philologist Henry Sweet for students and scholars.
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B.
Ælfric’s Glossary
Ælfric’s Glossary is an Old English bilingual word list traditionally attributed to the Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric, designed to aid the understanding of Latin vocabulary.
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C.
Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts is an influential early 18th-century scholarly survey and description of Old English manuscript holdings, foundational to the study of Anglo-Saxon literature and history.
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D.
Asser’s Life of King Alfred
Asser’s Life of King Alfred is a late 9th-century Latin biography of King Alfred the Great, written by the Welsh monk Asser and serving as a key primary source for Alfred’s reign and early English history.
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E.
Ceol of Wessex
Ceol of Wessex was an early 7th-century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, noted for seizing the throne in a coup and founding a short-lived ruling line.
- F. None of above. chosen
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