Cædmon's Hymn (Text)

Old English Reading 1

Appendix · Texts · Cædmon's Hymn

📜 Cædmon's Hymn

The Old English only, with no gloss or translation. Read in Old English Reading 1, Chapter 3. Download as a .txt file.

Source and licence 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. Wikipedia text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The hymn is a medieval text.

The text

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.

Note Normalised means the editor has regularised some spellings; it is not a diplomatic transcription of the manuscript.