Cynewulf

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 forth with a cadenced song
 * Riddle IX, 'Riddle, The Nightingale', quoted by F. S. Flint, Preface, 'Otherworld Cadences', Poetry Bookshop, London, 1920

ofer middangeard monnum sended.'' above the middle-earth sent unto men.
 * ''Éala Éarendel engla beorhtast
 * Hail Éarendel, brightest of angels
 * "Crist", as translated by Humphrey Carpenter in Tolkien: A Biography (1977), p. 64