Alfredian

Adjective

Alfredian (comparative more Alfredian, superlative most Alfredian)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Alfred the Great or the period of his reign.
   • The division of the whole country into counties, the trial by jury, the establishment of county courts and the creation of justices of the peace, are all Alfredian institutions.1850 March 2, “Alfred the Great”, in Supplement to the Courant, volume XV, number 5, Hartford, page 33
   • The term “Alfredian” then is not univocal; it can mean, depending on the argument, anything from Alfred setting down words by himself, to Alfred working with a little or a lot of help in writing or dictating, or to Alfred authorizing another or others to act in his name with degrees of his personal...1986, Paul E. Szarmach, “Introduction”, in Studies in Earlier Old English Prose, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 2