{"id":2616,"date":"2003-12-31T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-31T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T22:13:08","slug":"caedmons-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e6dmon’s hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nu scylun hergan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e6dmon<\/td><\/td>Modern English<\/td><\/tr>
Nu scylun hergan
Metud\u00e6s m\u00e6cti
uerc uuldurfadur,
eci Dryctin,
He \u00e6rist scop
heben til hrofe,
Tha middungeard
eci Dryctin,
firum foldu,<\/td>		hefaenric\u00e6s Uard,
end his modgidanc,
sue he uundra gihu\u00e6s,
or astelid\u00e6.
\u00e6lda barnum
haleg Scepen.
moncynn\u00e6s Uard,
\u00e6fter tiad\u00e6
Frea allmectig.<\/td>		Now shall we praise heaven\u2019s 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\u2019s Guardian
The eternal Lord, afterwards adorned
As a home for them, the king almighty.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n