Cædmon
Old English
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Etymology
editFrom Old Welsh *Cadṽan, from Proto-Brythonic *Katumandos, from *kad (“battle”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCædmon m
- a male given name from Proto-Brythonic
- a famous Northumbrian poet, the author of Cædmon's Hymn
References
edit- ^ Jackson, K. 1953. Language and History in Early Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
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