Middle High German · AI translation
Contra malum malannum
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.
41r.22–41r.24
contra malum malannum cum minimo digito
Against the evil malannum: with the little finger
circumdare locum debes ubi apparebit his verbis ich bemunigen dich. swam bîgote jouch
you must encircle the place where it appears, with these words: I conjure you, fungus, by God and also
bî Kriste tunc fac crucem per medivm et dic daz dû neweder negetuo. noch tolc noch tôthoubet item adiuro te per patrem. et filium. et spiritum sanctum. ut amplius non crescas. set arescas
by Christ. Then make a cross through the middle and say: that you do neither [harm], nor tolc, nor tôthoubet. Likewise: I adjure you by the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit that you grow no further, but dry up.
Translator's note. malannum (malannus) is an unidentified swelling or growth; the German calls it swam, 'fungus, spongy growth'. tolc and tôthoubet ('dead-head') are unidentified; negetuo is read as 'ne getuo', '[may] not do [harm]'.
The whole original: ReM 2.1 at Zenodo (open M049).