Middle High German · AI translation

Gebete u. Benediktionen von Muri

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.

17v.15–18r.12

17v.15

mich loesest von mînen vîanden

free me from my enemies

17v.16

unde mînen angesten.

and my fears.

18r.1

ego signo crucis non clipeo

I, by the sign of the cross, not by shield

18r.2

protectus aut galea. hostium

or helmet protected, the enemies'

18r.3

cuneos penetrabo secura.

battle-wedges shall pierce, secure.

18r.4

unde segene dîn houbet vünf

And bless your head five

18r.5

stunt mit diseme zeichene.

times with this sign:

18r.6

zanuel. unde sprich den

zanuel. And say the

18r.7

vers zuo deme der dâ obenân

verse with it, the one that stands

18r.8

stât. ego signo. paruc.

above, 'I, by the sign'. paruc.

18r.9

domello. astac. efranis.

18r.10

protanis. lezradis.

18r.11

hêrr Krist gotessundurh

Lord Christ, Son of God, by

18r.12

der angest êre. dâ dîn heilic

the honour of the anguish with which your holy

Translator's note. secura is feminine: the speaker of the Latin verse is a woman. zanuel, paruc, domello, astac, efranis, protanis and lezradis are kept as words of power; zanuel may be the 'sign' itself.

The whole original: ReM 2.1 at Zenodo (open M077).