Simund de Freine (Simon de Fresne) (fl. 1200) was an Anglo-Norman cleric and poet. He was a canon of Hereford Cathedral and a friend of Giraldus Cambrensis.
Works Simund's major works were two long poems in Norman French, in heptasyllabic verse, each identified by acrostics:
De la Fortune, an adaptation of the De Consolatio Philosophiæ by Boethius, 1700 lines. La vie de Saint Georges.
He addressed two epigrams to Giraldus Cambrensis, defending him against detractors, such as Adam of Dore. Simund's patron is thought to be William de Vere.
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Further reading John E. Matzke (1909), Les oeuvres de Simund de Freine
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