Meanings
proper noun
alternative Cædmon
- A famous Northumbrian poet, the author of Cædmon's Hymn.
It was the season, when through all the land / The merle and mavis build, and building sing / Those lovely lyrics, written by His hand, / Whom Saxon Cædmon calls the Blithe-heart King; […]
1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Poet’s Tale. The Birds of Killingworth.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 189
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*kéh₃tus
- Proto-Celtic*katus
- Proto-Indo-European*mendyos
- Proto-Celtic*mandus
- Proto-Celtic*Katumandus
- Proto-Brythonic*Kadβ̃ann
- Old EnglishCædmon
- EnglishCaedmon
Learned borrowing from Old English Cædmon.
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APA
Caedmon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caedmon
MLA
“Caedmon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caedmon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caedmon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caedmon.
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