Caedmon's Hymn (Northumbrian version, West Saxon version, Modern English translation)
Description
Modern English Translation:
Now must we praise the kingdom of heaven’s Guardian,
Measurer’s might and His mind’s thought,
the work of the Glory-Father, as of each of wonders, He, 3
the eternal Lord, established the beginning.
He created first for the sons of men
heaven as a roof, the holy Shaper. 6
Then middle-earth mankind’s Guardian,
the eternal Lord, afterwards furnished
the land for men, Prince all-powerful. 9



