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Caedmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 9 sections

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   Nu sculon herigean heofonrices weard,

2. 1

   meotodes meahte and his modgeþanc,

3. 2

   weorc wuldorfæder, swa he wundra gehwæs,

4. 3

   ece drihten, or onstealde.

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   He ærest sceop eorðan bearnum

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   heofon to hrofe, halig scyppend;

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   þa middangeard moncynnes weard,

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   ece drihten, æfter teode

9. 8

   firum foldan, frea ælmihtig.

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