Caedmon's Hymn Translation

I have been assigned to translate Caedmon's Hymn from the manuscript 2.21

Challenges of the Translation
The translation is most notably difficult because it was written in the margin of a codex which appears to have been cropped so as to cut off the right side of the text

On the Hand
Upon a first, very glossary assessment, the hand of the text appears to be closest to the style of Hibernica with the 'n' and 's' character styles most notable stylistic choices.

It is in a moderate (not extreme) contrast to the text in Latin unto which it was appended.

Diplomatic Transcription
Nupe sculon heria hepu hefonrices po metoddes mihte & h mod ge&thorn;anc peorc pu dor f&aelig;der spa he pu dra gehilpc ece drih pord ascealde he r&aelig;st gescop ylda n&uacute; heofen to rofe scippend middan eas mann cynnes peart ece drihten &aelig;fter uc fyrum onfoldum frea ealmihti

First Diplomatic Transcription Corrections
Which look over the poem and try to find more logical OE constructions, as well as consider another translation.

Changes bolded.

Nupe sculon herian hepu hefonrices po metoddes mihte & h mod ge&thorn;anc weorc pu dor f&aelig;der spa he pu dra gehilpc ece drih pord ascealde he r&aelig;st gescop ylda n&uacute; heofon to rofe scippend middan eas mann cynnes peart ece drihten &aelig;fter uc fyrum onfoldum frea ealmihti

The Common Translation
Based on scholarly consensus.


 * 1) Nuwe sculon herian
 * 2) heri heofonrices we
 * 3) metoddes mihte & h(i)
 * 4) mod ge &thorn;anc weorc wu
 * 5) do f&aelig;der swa he wu
 * 6) dra ge hwilc ece drih
 * 7) word astealde he
 * 8) r&aelig;st ge scop. ylda
 * 9) nu heofen to rofe
 * 10) scippend middan ear
 * 11) man cynnes weard
 * 12) ece drihten &aelig; tid
 * 13) fyrum onfoldum
 * 14) frea almihti.

Things of Note

 * 1) Interesting inconsistency: the scribe spells heaven "heofon" on line 2, then seems to make a mistake (which is corrected, either by the scribe or by later party is unclear) and spells it "heofen" on line 9.