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

Moral condition of the empire during the Christian period, 147 Cædmon, story of the origin of his “Creation of the World,” ii.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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

This does not mean that Cædmon was a herdsman, but that he served in turn as did the other secular attendants at the monastery. 113.13-14. þāra ęndebyrdnes þis is.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

Five of Hild’s monks became bishops, and the poet Cædmon was first a herdsman, and then a brother of her house.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William