ext_6416 ([identity profile] thistleingrey.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day 2015-01-15 04:52 pm (UTC)

Indeed in English before 1540: Byrhtferth of Ramsey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtferth) wrote one in Latin and English during the late tenth or early eleventh century (I've forgotten the details of Lapidge's remarks on dating the text).

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