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1894 Brewer’s / C / Cædmon

Cædmon

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Cowherd of Whitby, the greatest poet of the Anglo-Saxons. In his wonderful romance we find the bold prototype of Milton’s Paradise Lost. The portions relating to the fall of the angels are most striking. The hero encounters, defeats, and finally slays Grendel, an evil being of supernatural powers.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cadet
Cadger
Cadi
Cadmean Letters (The)
Cadmean Victory (Greek, Kadmeia nikê; Latin, Cadmea Victoria)
Cadmeans
Cadmus
Cadogan (Ca-dug-an)
Caduoeus
Cadurci
Cædmon
Cærite Franchise (The)
Caerleon
Cæsar
Cæsarian Operation
Cæsarism
Cæteris paribus (Latin)
Caf (Mount)
Caftan
Cag Mag
Cage

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