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105

CÆDMON'S HYMN

NORTHUMBRIAN VERSION

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Text from MS. Kk. v. 16, University Library, Cambridge (M), with variants from the other MSS.

Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard,
metudæs maecti end his modgidanc,
uerc uuldurfadur, sue he uundra gihuaes,
eci dryctin, or astelidæ.
He aerist scop aelda barnum
heben til hrofe, haleg scepen;
tha middungeard moncynnæs uard,
eci dryctin, æfter tiadæ
firum foldu, frea allmectig.
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