Old English Reading 1: Appendix, Texts
Cædmon's Hymn

Source: Wikipedia, Cædmon's Hymn, section "Text and translation": the normalised Old English of the Moore Bede (Northumbrian dialect). The slash marks the half-line break.
Licence: Wikipedia text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The hymn is a medieval text.
Note: Normalised means the editor has regularised some spellings; it is not a diplomatic transcription of the manuscript.
Old English only. The editors' marks are kept; no gloss or translation.

1. Nū scylun hergan / hefaenrīcaes Uard,
2. metudæs maecti / end his mōdgidanc,
3. uerc Uuldurfadur, / suē hē uundra gihuaes,
4. ēci dryctin / ōr āstelidæ
5. hē ǣrist scōp / aelda barnum
6. heben til hrōfe, / hāleg scepen.
7. Thā middungeard / moncynnæs Uard,
8. eci Dryctin, / æfter tīadæ
9. fīrum foldu, / Frēa allmectig.