Cædmon

Old English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Katumandus (“battle+pony”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæd.mon/

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
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