Caedmon's Hymn







Cædmon's Hymn

It is meet that we worship the Warden of heaven,
The might of the Maker, His purpose of mind,
The Glory-Father's work when of all His wonders
Eternal God made a beginning.
He earliest stablished for earth's children
Heaven for a roof, the Holy Shaper;
Then mankind's Warden, created the world,
Eternal Monarch, making for men
Land to live on, Almighty Lord!


Northumbrian Dialect



Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard,
metudæs maecti end his modgidanc,
uerc uuldurfadur sue he uundra gihuaes,
eci dryctin, or astelidæ;
he aerist scop aelda barnum
heben til hrofe, haleg scepen,
tha middungeard moncynnæs uard;
eci dryctin æfter tiadæ
firum foldu, frea allmectig.

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