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Caedmon

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Caed·mon  (kdmn) Died c. 680.
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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One night Caedmon crept away as usual, and went "out of the house where the entertainment was, to the stable, where he had to take care of the horses that night.
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Ballads, 'Beowulf,' Caedmon, Bede (Latin prose), Cynewulf.
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