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'Caedmon's Hymn' is the earliest known Old English poem, written sometime between 658 and 680. Performed by the University of Louisville Cardinal Singers und...
A unique translation of Caedmon's hym with notes, an imagining of the shepard himself, context relating to Wynd cottage and the importance to the history of Whitby.
‘Cædmon’s Hymn’ by Cædmon is a simple, short Old English poem in which the poet praises God and his creation of Heaven and “middle-earth” for humanity. Throughout the lines of this piece, the speaker calls God by a variety of names.
Overview of Caedmon's HymnCaedmon's Hymn is one of the earliest examples of Old English poetry and a significant work in the history of English literature. A...
The earliest surviving Old English poem, the alliterative praise poem 'Cædmon's Hymn' was included by Bede in his 'Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum' or...
Caedmon’s Hymn (Song) In chapter 24 (22) of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede tells about England’s first known (as in named) poet – Caedmon. Caedmon was ‘in the monastery of this Abbess’, i.e. Whitby where Hilde was the Abbess as mentioned in the previous chapter.
Cædmon's Hymn is a short Old English poem attributed to Cædmon, a supposedly illiterate and unmusical cow-herder who was, according to the Northumbrian monk Bede (d. 735), miraculously empowered to sing in honour of God the Creator. The poem is Cædmon's only known composition.
