Middle High German · AI translation
Augensegen, Cambridger A75
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.
211v.1–211v.11
ich beswer hiute dîne hir bî dem heiligen Christe der sich zemarterunge gap
I conjure today your hir, by the holy Christ who gave himself up to martyrdom
durch allezz mankünne persanctam Mariam matrem domini nostri Jesu Christi
for all mankind, by Saint Mary, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,
unde bî dem heiligen bluote daz ûz unsers hêrren sîten ran unde bî der
and by the holy blood that ran from our Lord's side, and by the
heiligen gebürte unde bî der heiligen ûfverte und bî dem heiligen grabe
holy birth, and by the holy ascension, and by the holy sepulchre,
und bî dem urteillichem tage daz vel und die hir und die schuzblâtren
and by the day of judgement: the film and the hir and the schuzblâtren,
diu wazzerblâter und der herdbrâte und allez daz gesühte .N.. daz [in]
the water-blister and the herdbrâte and all the sickness, N., that is [in]
dînem ougen sî daz hiute sich winnente sî und daz rehte gesiune
your eye, that today it be dwindling, and that true sight
dârinne wahsente sî secundum voluntatem tuam domine. in nomine domini
grow in it, according to your will, Lord. In the name of our Lord
nostri Jesu Christi disiu wort sîen dir wâr unde veste und sigehaft des
Jesus Christ, may these words be true and firm and victorious for you. To this end
helfe mir diu heilige goteskraft des helfe mir diu wîhe mîn vrouwe
may the holy power of God help me; to this end may my holy lady
sancte Marîe. âmen.
Saint Mary help me. Amen.
Translator's note. hir, schuzblâtren and herdbrâte are unidentified eye ailments (schuzblâtren perhaps 'shot-blisters'). vel is taken as a film over the eye. winnente (211v.7) is read as swînende, 'dwindling'.
The whole original: ReM 2.1 at Zenodo (open M018).