Cædmon

American  

[kad-muhn] / ˈkæd mən /

noun

1. fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.

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Cædmon British  

/ ˈkædmən /

noun

1. 7th century _ad , Anglo-Saxon poet and monk, the earliest English poet whose name survives

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Example Sentences

Palgrave, comparison of Milton and Cædmon by, 38.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and the poems of Beowulf, Cædmon, and Cynewulf, should be glanced at to see what sort of people our ancestors were.

From The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Parsons, Frank

There is no Gothic writer to compare with Bede or Cædmon.

From The Arian Controversy by Gwatkin, Henry Melvill

We hear of an English poet, Cædmon, as early as Bede's time, a century before Charlemagne.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

Cædmon, influence of St. Hilda on, 37, 38.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine