| Cædmon's Hymn | |
| Northumbrian Dialect | English Translation |
| 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. |
It is meet that we worship the Warden of heaven, The might of the Maker, His purpose of mind, The Glory-Father's work when of all His wonders Eternal God made a beginning. He earliest stablished for earth's children Heaven for a roof, the Holy Shaper; Then mankind's Warden, created the world, Eternal Monarch, making for men Land to live on, Almighty Lord! |
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