Cædmon's Hymn

Dec 07, 2006 23:05


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

[audio Now [ ( Read more... )

lyrics

Leave a comment

Comments 3

springdove December 8 2006, 13:58:35 UTC
that's awesome. i pray that it will be the hymn of your boy's life. :)

Reply


ginnytoo December 9 2006, 00:45:55 UTC
What language is that? I was disappointed that the audio did not have the tune!

Reply

language and stuff markbrannan December 9 2006, 03:18:45 UTC
This is Old English. Like 7th/8th century Northumbrian or something like that.

The fragment is one of 3 contenders for the oldest 'witenessed'? piece of English poetry.

Try googling 'Caedmon' and you'll get a bunch of crazy stuff about it.
(not to be confused with the band 'Caedmon's Call' or the audio publisher 'Caedmon Audio')

Reply


Leave a comment

Up
[]