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Caedmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version
Caedmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version
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Caedmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version

Caedmon's Hymn: West Saxon Version

Verse Early Saxon

Nu sculon herigean heofonrices weard,
meotodes meahte and his modgeþanc,
weorc wuldorfæder, swa he wundra gehwæs,
ece drihten, or onstealde.
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He ærest sceop eorðan bearnum
heofon to hrofe, halig scyppend;
þa middangeard moncynnes weard,
ece drihten, æfter teode
firum foldan, frea ælmihtig.
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