The Oera Linda Book, from a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century
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The Oera Linda Book, from a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century
Frisian language -- Texts
Dyo tredde need is: Als dat kind is al stocnaken, jefta huus laes,
ende dan di tiuestera nevil ende calde winter oen comt sa faert
allermanick oen syn hof ende oen sin huis ende an waranne gaten, ende
da wiilda dier seket diin holla baem ende der birgha hlii, aldeer
hit siin liif oen bihalda mey. Soe weinet ende scryt dat onieriga
kind ende wyst dan syn nakena lyae ende syn huuslaes, ende syn fader
deer him reda schuld, to ienst dyn honger ende winter nevil cald, dat
hi so diepe ende dimme mitta fiower neylen is onder eke ende onder
da eerda bisloten ende bitacbt, so moet dio moder her kindes eerwe
setta ende sella omdat hio da bihield habbe ende biwaer also lang so
hit onierich is, dat hit oen forste ner oen honger naet forfare.
Anjum print. (1466.)
Thju forma nêd is: Sâhwersa en bårn jvng is fensen ånd fêterad
northward vr-et hef jeftha sûdward vr tha berga, sa âch thju måm
hjara bårns erva to settande ånd to seljande ånd hjra bårn to lêsane
ånd thes lives to bihelpane.
Thju ôthera nêd is: jef tha jêra djura wårthat ånd thi hête hvnger wr
thet lând fârth ånd thåt bäån stjera wil, sa mot thju måm hjara bårns
erva setta ånd selja ånd kâpja hiri bårne ky ånd skêp ånd kêren thêr
mitha mån thet bårn thes lives bihelpe.
Thju tredde nêd is: sâhwersa thåt bårn is stoknâked jefta hûslâs ånd
then thi tjustera nêvil ånd kalda winter ankvmth, sa fârth allera
månnalik an sin hof ånd an sin hus ånd an wârande gâta, ånd thet wilde
kwik sykath thene hola bâm ånd thêre berga hly thêr-it sin lif an
bihalda mêi, sa wênath ånd krytath thåt vnjêrich bårn ånd wyst then
sin nâkeda litha ånd sin hûslâs-sâ ånd sin tât thêr him hrêda skolde
tojenst tha hvnger ånd tha kalda winter nêvil, that hi sa djap ånd
dimme mithfjuwer nêilum vndera êke ånd vnder tha irtha bisletten ånd
bidobben is, sa mot thju måm hjara bårns erva setta and selja vmbe
that hju tha bihield håve ånd tha wâringa al sa long sa hit vnjêrich
sy, til thju-t hor an frost ner an hvnger navt vmkvma ne mêi.
Translated by J. G. O.
ADELA.
OKKE MY SON--
You must preserve these books with body and soul. They contain the
history of all our people, as well as of our forefathers. Last year
I saved them in the flood, as well as you and your mother; but they
got wet, and therefore began to perish. In order not to lose them,
I copied them on foreign paper.
In case you inherit them, you must copy them likewise, and your
children must do so too, so that they may never be lost.
Written at Liuwert, in the three thousand four hundred and forty-ninth
year after Atland was submerged--that is, according to the Christian
reckoning, the year 1256. Hiddo, surnamed Over de Linda.--Watch.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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