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Cynewulf
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Cynewulf was one of twelve Anglo-Saxon poets known by the name, who flourished in the 9th century.
Quotes
Bliss within the burghs, when I burst forthwith a cadenced song
Riddle IX, 'Riddle, The Nightingale', quoted by F. S. Flint, Preface, 'Otherworld Cadences', Poetry Bookshop, London, 1920
Éala Éarendel engla beorhtastofer middangeard monnum sended.
Hail Éarendel, brightest of angelsabove the middle-earth sent unto men.
"Crist", as translated by Humphrey Carpenter in Tolkien: A Biography (1977), p. 64
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Cynewulf Cynewulf
Category:9th century deaths
Category:Poets from England