Translation of the song Cædmon's Hymn artist Unknown Artist (English)

Nū scylun hergan hefaenrīcaes Uard,

Now [we] must honour the guardian of heaven,

metudæs maecti end his mōdgidanc,

the might of the architect, and his purpose,

uerc Uuldurfadur, suē hē uundra gihwaes,

the work of the father of glory[b]

ēci dryctin ōr āstelidæ

as he, the eternal lord, established the beginning of wonders;

hē ǣrist scōp aelda barnum

he first created for the children of men[c]

heben til hrōfe, hāleg scepen.

heaven as a roof, the holy creator

Thā middungeard moncynnæs Uard,

Then the guardian of mankind,

eci Dryctin, æfter tīadæ

the eternal lord, afterwards appointed the middle earth,

firum foldu, Frēa allmectig.

the lands for men,[d] the Lord almighty.