Caedmon meaning

kăd'mən
Anglo-Saxon poet, considered the earliest English poet. According to Bede, he was an elderly herdsman who received the power of song in a vision.
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Fl. late 7th cent. a.d.; first Eng. poet whose name is known.
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Sentence Examples

  • A modern cross in the churchyard commemorates St Caedmon, the Northumbrian poet (c. 670), who was a monk at the abbey and there died.

  • It was Caedmon, the cowherd.

  • "Caedmon, the keeper of the cows," answered the chief cook.

  • Caedmon! all shouted together.

  • A song from Caedmon!

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