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Ælfric of Eynsham (; ) ( c. 955 – c. 1010 ) was an English abbot, as well as a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres.

He is also known variously as Ælfric the Grammarian ( Alfricus Grammaticus ), Ælfric of Cerne, and Ælfric the Homilist.

In the view of Peter Hunter Blair, he was " a man comparable both in the quantity of his writings and in the quality of his mind even with Bede himself.