Cædmon

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Old English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Welsh *Cadṽan, from Proto-Brythonic *Katumandos, from *kad (“battle”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cædmon m

  1. a male given name from Proto-Brythonic
  2. a famous Northumbrian poet, the author of Cædmon's Hymn

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jackson, K. 1953. Language and History in Early Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
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