# Cædmon's Hymn, West-Saxon Version

nu sculon herigean || heofonrices weard
meotodes meahte || and his modgeðanc
weorc wuldorfæder || swa he wundra gehwæs
ece drihten || or onstealde
he ærest sceop || eorðan bearnum
heofon to hrofe || halig scyppend
ða middangeard || moncynnes weard
ece drihten || æfter teode
firum foldan || frea ælmihtig