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Old English
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Katumandus (“battle+pony”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cædmon m
- a male given name from Proto-Brythonic
- a famous Northumbrian poet, the author of Cædmon's Hymn
References
- ^ Jackson, K. 1953. Language and History in Early Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press