Get to know Lapidge better with 10+ real example sentences.
Lapidge in a sentence
Using Lapidge
- In the example corpus, lapidge often appears in combinations such as: lapidge alfred, and lapidge, keynes lapidge.
Context around Lapidge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lapidge
- In this selection, "lapidge" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, keynes, near, london, alfred, anglo and mellitus stand out and add context to how "lapidge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include keynes lapidge alfred the and lapidge anglo latin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lapidge" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lapidge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On 18th Street, near Lapidge Street. (6 words)
However, Mellitus did not return to London, Lapidge "Mellitus" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England because the East Saxons remained pagan. (21 words)
Lapidge, Anglo-Latin Literature, p. 49 Frank Stenton and Simon Keynes both describe him as the one Anglo-Saxon king who will bear comparison with Alfred. (26 words)
Keynes & Lapidge, Alfred the Great, p. 164. The laws may have been an independent lawcode, but it is also possible that Alfred is referring to the report of the legatine mission in 786, which issued statutes that the Mercians undertook to obey. (42 words)
A dozen students from Lowell High School joined a nationwide action to protest child separations and family detentions at the southern border by participating in a banner drop at the Women’s Building on the corner of 18th and Lapidge Streets. (41 words)
Keynes and Lapidge, Alfred the Great, p. 41. They record earlier material for the older entries, which were assembled from earlier annals that no longer survive, as well as, from saga material that might have been transmitted orally. (38 words)
Example sentences (17)
On 18th Street, near Lapidge Street.
A dozen students from Lowell High School joined a nationwide action to protest child separations and family detentions at the southern border by participating in a banner drop at the Women’s Building on the corner of 18th and Lapidge Streets.
Dumville p. 11 In his will, Alfred left property to a relative, Osferth, whose relationship to Alfred is unknown, and Keynes and Lapidge suggest that he might have been a grandson of Æthelred by Oswald.
However, Mellitus did not return to London, Lapidge "Mellitus" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England because the East Saxons remained pagan.
Keynes and Lapidge, Alfred the Great, p. 41. They record earlier material for the older entries, which were assembled from earlier annals that no longer survive, as well as, from saga material that might have been transmitted orally.
Keynes & Lapidge, Alfred the Great, p. 164. The laws may have been an independent lawcode, but it is also possible that Alfred is referring to the report of the legatine mission in 786, which issued statutes that the Mercians undertook to obey.
Keynes & Lapidge, Alfred the Great, p. 244. European connections Offa's diplomatic relations with Europe are well documented, but appear to belong only to the last dozen years of his reign.
Keynes & Lapidge, Alfred the Great, pp. 11–13, 16–23 Alfred and the Viking leader Guthrum agreed on a division that gave Alfred western Mercia, while eastern Mercia was incorporated into Viking East Anglia.
Lapidge, Anglo-Latin Literature, p. 49 Frank Stenton and Simon Keynes both describe him as the one Anglo-Saxon king who will bear comparison with Alfred.
Lapidge, Anglo-Latin Literature, p. 69; Wood, In Search of England, p. 158 In Michael Wood's view, the poem confirms the truth of William of Malmesbury's account of the ceremony.
Lapidge Anglo-Saxon Library pp. 24–25 The pallium was the symbol of metropolitan status, and signified that Augustine was now an archbishop unambiguously associated with the Holy See.
Lapidge "Mellitus" Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England According to Bede, Justus received letters of encouragement from Pope Boniface V (619–625), as did Mellitus, although Bede does not record the actual letters.
Margaret Worthington, "Offa's Dyke", in Lapidge, Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 341. Early names for the dyke in both Welsh and English also support the attribution to Offa.
Margaret Worthington, "Wat's Dyke", in Lapidge et al., Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 468. The construction of the dyke suggests that it was built to create an effective barrier and to command views into Wales.
Richard Abels, "Trinoda Necessitas", in Lapidge et al., "Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England", p. 456. citation Offa issued laws in his name, but no details of them have survived.
These have been superseded by the new edition and translation by Michael Lapidge and Michael Winterbottom, The Early Lives of St Dunstan, Oxford University Press, 2012.
This happened in perhaps 604 or later, Lapidge, The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 385 presumably at the invitation of Æthelberht, who may have been his baptismal sponsor.
Common combinations with lapidge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lapidge alfred 4×
- and lapidge 3×
- keynes lapidge 3×
- in lapidge 3×
- lapidge mellitus 2×
- lapidge anglo-latin 2×
- lapidge et 2×