Cædmon’s hymn

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Nu scylun hergan

CædmonModern English
Nu scylun hergan
Metudæs mæcti
uerc uuldurfadur,
eci Dryctin,
He ærist scop
heben til hrofe,
Tha middungeard
eci Dryctin,
firum foldu,		hefaenricæs Uard,
end his modgidanc,
sue he uundra gihuæs,
or astelidæ.
ælda barnum
haleg Scepen.
moncynnæs Uard,
æfter tiadæ
Frea allmectig.		Now shall we praise heaven’s Guardian
His mighty power, his thoughtfulness,
The works of the glorious Father, how he wonderfully gives
The eternal Lord in the beginning established
And raised and made for the children of men
Heaven for a roof, the holy Maker.
Then the earth, mankind’s Guardian
The eternal Lord, afterwards adorned
As a home for them, the king almighty.
© Stuart Moffatt 2003

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