Caedmonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 Cædmon.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkæd.mən/
• 韻: -ædmən

固有名詞

Caedmon

1. A famous Northumbrian poet, the author of Cædmon's Hymn.
   • 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:

     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; […]

Further reading

• Cædmon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cædmon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• “Caedmon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• Macedon, conamed