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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Cædmon

It is related of Cædmon, the first great poet of the Anglo-Saxons, that he found in the secular life no vent for his hidden genius.

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

Cædmon was a poor brother in Hild's monastery at Whitby, and he acquired the art of poetry by a miracle.

From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Grant Allen

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 William Hunt

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

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

The Saxon poets Cædmon, the Venerable Bede, Alcuin, the friend, teacher and adviser of that mighty genius Charlemagne, were minds of the first order.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews

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