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Caedmon's Hymn: Northumbrian Version

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 9 sections

1. 0

   Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard,

2. 1

   metudæs maecti end his modgidanc,

3. 2

   uerc uuldurfadur, sue he uundra gihuaes,

4. 3

   eci dryctin, or astelidæ.

5. 4

   He aerist scop aelda barnum

6. 5

   heben til hrofe, haleg scepen;

7. 6

   tha middungeard moncynnæs uard,

8. 7

   eci dryctin, æfter tiadæ

9. 8

   firum foldu, frea allmectig.

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