Editing Cædmon (section)

===Modern discoveries===
The only biographical or historical information that modern scholarship has been able to add to Bede's account concerns the Brittonic origins of the poet's name. Although Bede specifically notes that English was Cædmon's "own" language, the poet's name is of [[Celt]]ic origin: from [[Old Welsh|Proto-Welsh]] {{asterisk}}''Cadṽan'' (from [[British language (Celtic)|Brythonic]] {{asterisk}}''Catumandos'').<ref>[[#jackson1953|Jackson 1953]], p. 554</ref>  Several scholars have suggested that Cædmon himself may have been bilingual on the basis of this etymology, Hilda's close contact with Celtic political and religious hierarchies, and some (not very close) analogues to the ''Hymn'' in [[Old Irish]] poetry.<ref>See in particular [[#ireland1986|Ireland 1986]], p. 238 and [[#schwab1972|Schwab 1972]], p. 48</ref> Other scholars have noticed a possible [[Onomastics|onomastic]] allusion to '[[Adam Kadmon]]' in the poet's name, perhaps suggesting that the entire story is allegorical.<ref>See in particular [[#ohare1992|O'Hare 1992]], pp. 350&ndash;351</ref>