E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Alfreds Scholars.
Werfrith, Bishop of Worcester; Ethelstan and Werwulf, two Mercian priests; Plegmund (a Mercian), afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury; Asser a Welshman; Grimbald, a great French scholar, etc., invited over to England by King Alfred.