Caedmon's Hymn

P. Crossley-Holland

Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard,

metudaes maeci end his modgidanc,

uerc uuldurfadur, sue he uundra gihuaes,

eci dryctin or astelidae.

He aerist scop aelde barnum

heben til hrofe, haleg scepen;

tha middungeard moncynnæs uard,

eci dryctin æfter tiadæ

firum foldu, frea allmectig