Middle High German · AI translation

Ad equum errehet

English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

2–2.15

at equum erræhet

For a foundered horse.

2.1

man gienc after wege.

A man went along the road,

2.2

zôch sîn ros inhanden.

leading his horse by hand.

2.3

dô begagente ime mîn truhtîn

Then my Lord met him

2.4

mit sînere êrngrehte.

with his êrngrehte.

2.5

wesman gêsdû

'Man, why do you walk?

2.6

zewiune rîtesdû.

Why do you not ride?'

2.7

waz mac ich rîten.

'How can I ride?

2.8

mîn ros ist erræhet.

My horse is foundered.'

2.9

nû ziuch ez dâ bîviere.

'Now lead it there by four;

2.10

dû rûneime in daz ôre.

whisper into its ear;

2.11

trit ez anden zesewen vuoz.

tread on its right foot:

2.12

sô wirdet ime des erræhetenbuoz

then it will be cured of the founder.'

2.13

pater noster. et terge crura eius et pedes dicens. alsô schiere werde

The Our Father. And wipe its legs and feet, saying: As quickly may

2.14

diseme cuiuscumque coloris sit. rôt. swarz. blanc. vale. grîsel. vêch.

this horse, whatever its colour, red, black, white, dun, grey, dappled,

2.15

rosse des erræhetenbuoz same deme got dâselbe buozte.

be cured of the founder as the one that God cured there.

Translator's note. 'erræhet' is foundered (laminitis). êrngrehte (2.4) is obscure: perhaps a retinue, or harvest gear. 'bî viere' (2.9) is unclear: 'by fours', 'four times', or 'by the fire' (viure). The word 'rosse' (horse) stands at the start of 2.15; it is moved up into 2.14 for English order. Colours: 'rôt' red or bay, 'vale' dun or fallow, 'vêch' dappled or pied.

The whole original: ReM 2.1 at Zenodo (open M001).