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

Cædmon made versions of Bible history for the edification of Christian people.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

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

Cædmon, 45, 68, life and works, 70 ff.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

It will interest the reader to know that Cædmon has a place among the saints in the Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists.

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

The most interesting literary anecdote connected with the good lady Hilda's abbacy, is the kind reception she gave to the Saxon poet Cædmon, whose paraphrase of the Book of Genesis has rendered his name immortal.

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner