Cædmon

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Old English

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Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Katumandus (battle+pony).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cædmon m

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

References

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