The present work contains etymological and
semasiological researches into the terms for Latin
virgo, virginitas and puella which were employed by
the glossators of the Lindisfarne
Gospels and the Rushworth Gospels, and by the
translator of the OE Gospels. The OE words used to
express those concepts in those glosses and
translation are hehstald, hehstaldhad,
hehstaltnisse, faemne, faemnhad, and maeden. By a
profound study of all the relevant instances
registered in the MCOE, and by comparing
terminological features in the Anglo-Saxon Gospels
with those in other texts, the following...