Wednesday 22 April 2020

"Hymn" by Saint Cædmon (in Old and Modern English)


    Nū scylun hergan hefaenrīcaes Uard,
    metudæs maecti end his mōdgidanc,
    uerc Uuldurfadur, suē hē uundra gihwaes,
    ēci dryctin ōr āstelidæ
    hē ǣrist scōp aelda barnum
    heben til hrōfe, hāleg scepen.
    Thā middungeard moncynnæs Uard,
    eci Dryctin, æfter tīadæ
    firum foldu, Frēa allmectig.


    Now [we] must honour the guardian of heaven,
    the might of the architect, and his purpose,
    the work of the father of glory[b]
    as he, the eternal lord, established the beginning of wonders;
    he first created for the children of men[c]
    heaven as a roof, the holy creator
    Then the guardian of mankind,
    the eternal lord, afterwards appointed the middle earth,
    the lands for men,[d] the Lord almighty.

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