minimal html5shiv

html5shiv-minimal.js

(function(createElement){
	if(!('hidden' in createElement('a'))){
		'abbr article aside audio bdi canvas data datalist details dialog figcaption figure footer header hgroup main mark meter nav output picture progress section summary template time video'.replace(/\w+/g, function(elem){
			createElement(elem);
		});

		var p = createElement('p');
		var parent = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.documentElement;

		p.innerHTML = 'x<style>' +
			'article,aside,dialog,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,nav,section{display:block} ' +
			'mark{background:#FF0;color:#000} template{display:none}' +
			'</style>';
		parent.insertBefore(p.lastChild, parent.firstChild);
	}
})(document.createElement);

html5shiv-minimal2.js

(function(createElement){
	if(!('hidden' in createElement('a'))){
		'abbr article aside audio bdi canvas data datalist details dialog figcaption figure footer header hgroup main mark meter nav output picture progress section summary template time video'.replace(/\w+/g, function(elem){
			createElement(elem);
		});
	}
})(document.createElement);

Compared sizes between gist and normal html5shiv:

dist/html5shiv-minimal.min.js
Size: 585 bytes
Gzip Size: 386 bytes

dist/html5shiv-minimal2.min.js
Size: 277 bytes
Gzip Size: 212 bytes

dist/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js
Size: 4.03 Kb
Gzip Size: 1.91 Kb

dist/html5shiv.min.js
Size: 2.43 Kb
Gzip Size: 1.24 Kb

@aFarkas Would this work just the same as the current html5shiv? I'd like to move modernizr to my footer, but need to include the shiv in the header. Is it safe (for IE8) to use this in place of the html5shiv?

And which would be better to use? minimal-1 or minimal-2?