Cædmon's Hymn (Tanner 10)


 * Nū sculon herigean heofonrīces Weard,
 * Meotedes meahte ond his mōdgeþanc,
 * weorc Wuldorfæder, swā he wundra gihwæs,
 * ēce Drihten, ōr onstealde.
 * Hē ǣrest sceōp eorðan bearnum
 * heofon tō hrōfe, hālig Scyppend.
 * Þā middangeard moncynnes Weard,
 * ēce Drihten, æfter tēode
 * firum foldan, Frēa ælmihtig.