Baeda
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noun
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The First English Prose.—The first writer of English prose was Baeda, or, as he is generally called, the Venerable Bede.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
In his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation,' Baeda was at once the founder of medieval history and the first English historian.
From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous
The quiet grandeur of a life consecrated to knowledge, the tranquil pleasure that lies in learning and teaching and writing, dawned for Englishmen in the story of Baeda.
From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous
Taking the writings of Caedmon, Baeda, Pope Gregory, and Boethius; translating, editing, commentating, and adding his own to the views of others upon a wide range of subjects.
From The Evolution of an Empire: A Brief Historical Sketch of England by Parmele, Mary Platt
“Write quickly!” said Baeda to his scribe, for he felt that his end could not be far off.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
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