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 Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Of other poems claimed for Cædmon, the strongest arguments are advanced in favor of a part of the fragmentary poetical paraphrase of Genesis.

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

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 Allen, Grant

While Celtic culture was on the point of yielding to Roman influence, Cædmon, the herdsman, the first of our sacred poets, began to sing at Whitby.

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

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