Abrogans
Encyclopedia
German language
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. It is a manuscript dictionary of synonyms (or glossary, or word-list) from Latin
Latin
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into Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
dating from the 8th century (765–775). Several copies were made, but only one has survived to the present, that in the library of St. Gallen
Abbey of St. Gall
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It is named after the first entry: abrogans = dheomodi (Modern German: demütig = modest, humble). It contains about 3,670 Old High German main terms, with about 14,600 examples. The work is sometimes attributed to the Austro-Bavarian prelate Arbeo of Freising
Arbeo of Freising
Arbeo of Freising was Bishop of Freising.He was a member of the Benedictine Order. At first a priest and notary under Bishop Joseph of Freising, he became in 763 abbot of the newly-founded monastery of Scharnitz...
(died 783 or 784), the first named German-language author.