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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser (?1552–1599), poet and administrator in Ireland.
The 29th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 6285 quotations (about 0.2% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations6285Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word541Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning1692Find quotations
NameTotal QuotationsPercentage of quotations
1.Faerie Queene280745.0%Find quotations in OED
2.Second Pt. Faerie Queene116819.0%Find quotations in OED
3.Shepheardes Cal.69211.0%Find quotations in OED
4.View State Ireland3516.0%Find quotations in OED
5.Prosopopoia2414.0%Find quotations in OED
6.Virgil's Gnat1112.0%Find quotations in OED
7.Amoretti1052.0%Find quotations in OED
8.Colin Clouts come Home Againe1032.0%Find quotations in OED
9.Muiopotmos831.0%Find quotations in OED
10.Teares of Muses791.0%Find quotations in OED

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