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▪ I. Anglic, a.|ˈæŋglɪk| [ad. med.L. anglic-us (in Bæda), f. Anglī the Angles or English. See prec. and -ic.] Of or pertaining to the Angles; Anglian.
1868Skene 4 Bks. Wales I. 62 Ida the Anglic king..The Anglic kingdom of Bernicia. 1880A. Fryer Cuthb. of Lindisf. 144 The teaching of the Anglic Church. ▪ II. Anglic, n.|ˈæŋglɪk| [f. Anglo- + -ic.] A simplified form of English spelling devised by the Swedish philologist R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), and intended for use as an international auxiliary language.
1930Zachrisson Anglic: A New Agreed Simplified English Spelling 12 Anglic, which is based on an analysis of all English words in general use, supplies the demand for an agreed method of simplified spelling without adding new letters to the alphabet, and at the same time keeps the continuity with the conventional English orthography. 1935A. L. James Broadcast Word iii. 125 The result is the system known as Anglic, which, based on the foundations laid by Professor Zachrisson, of Uppsala, is what English spelling will probably be when the English-speaking world decides that the moment has come for spelling reform. 1937J. R. Firth Tongues of Men vi. 79 Anglic simplifies the spelling, Basic English the vocabulary. |