Middle High German · AI translation
Tegernseer Prognostica
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.
1r.3–1v.2
· wirdet guot· unde vriuntliche· diu meit
will be good and friendly; the maiden
ene unde niht alt· der sieche stirbet schiere
[...] and will not grow old; the sick person dies soon,
er gelît vile lange. der troum wirdet wâr· diu drîzehende
[or] lies ill a very long time. The dream comes true. The thirteenth
lûne. ist von mittemtage guot· si ist aber
moon is good from midday on; but it is
niht guot anzevâhen ein iegelich dinc· geborenez kint
not good for beginning anything. A child born [then]
wirdet manhaft· küene unde hêr· unde wirdet niht alt·
becomes manly, bold and proud, and does not grow old;
diu meit wirdet vrevel· unde hêr· unde stirbet schiere·
the maiden becomes bold and proud, and dies soon;
der sieche wirdet schiere gesunt. oder er stirbet schiere·
the sick person soon gets well, or else he dies soon;
der troum ergêt in siben tagen. diu vierzehende lûne
the dream comes to pass within seven days. The fourteenth moon
ist ze allen dingen guot. daz geboren kint wirdet küene
is good for all things. The child born becomes bold
hêr· unde stirbet schiere· diu meit wirdet hêr unkiusche
[and] proud, and dies soon; the maiden becomes proud, unchaste
mit mannen· unde stirbet schiere· der sieche geniset
with men, and dies soon; the sick person recovers
schiere oder er stirbet schiere· der troum ergêt schiere
soon, or he dies soon; the dream comes to pass soon.
diu vünvzehende· lûne· ist niht guot· der eit wirdet
The fifteenth moon is not good; an oath will
niht stæte. daz geboren kint wirdet guot unde kümet
not hold. The child born will be good, and comes
in nôt von îsene. oder von wazzer· diu meit wirdet
into danger from iron or from water; the maiden becomes
kiusche unde minniclich· der sieche stirbet ob er
chaste and lovable; the sick person dies if he
nâch zwein tagen niht gesunt wirdet· der troum schadet
does not get well after two days; the dream does harm.
diu sehszehende lûne
The sixteenth moon
sieche wirdet tôt
[the] sick person dies
Translator's note. lûne is the day of the lunar month. At 1r.4 only the end of a word (-ene) survives before 'and', perhaps an adjective for the maiden. The last two lines (1v.1-2) are fragments.
The whole original: ReM 2.1 at Zenodo (open M225).