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 was apparently a herdsman on a farm belonging to the monastery.711.Cf.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

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

In English literature out of the unknown past rose the Anglo-Saxon lyric and epic, Deor's Complaint, Beowulf, and the poems of Cædmon and Cynewulf.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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

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)