How does 'Cædmon's Hymn' survive today if it was originally an oral composition?
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Correct answer: In manuscripts of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
The hymn is preserved in numerous manuscripts of Bede's 'Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.' Some give the Old English text in the margins while others translate it into Latin in the main body.
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