The Oera Linda Book, from a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century

by Unknown

Table of Contents

• [Translator’s Preface.] [v]
• [Introduction.] [v]
• [Comparative Sample Of the Old Frisian Laws, and the Language of the Manuscript.] [xxvi]
• [Adela.] [1]
  • [Okke My Son—] [3]
  • [The Book of Adela’s Followers.] [5]
  • [Frya’s Tex.] [19]
  • [This Has Fasta Spoken.] [23]
  • [Fasta Said—] [25]
  • [These are the Laws Established for the Government of the Citadels.] [25]
  • [Universal Law.] [31]
  • [Here Follow the Laws which were thus Established.] [33]
  • [These are the Rights of the Mothers and the Kings.] [35]
  • [Here are the Rules Established for the Security of All Frisians.] [37]
  • [From Minno’s Writings.] [39]
  • [Laws for the Navigators.] [41]
  • [Useful Extracts from the Writings left by Minno.] [43]
  • [From Minno’s Writings.] [49]
  • [From the Writings of Minno.] [57]
  • [These are the Three Principles on which these Laws are Founded.] [59]
  • [These Rules are Made for Angry People.] [61]
  • [These are the Rules Concerning Bastards.] [63]
  • [What is Written Hereunder is Inscribed on the Walls of Waraburgt.] [65]
  • [This Stands Inscribed upon All Citadels.] [67]
  • [How the Bad Time Came.] [71]
  • [This is Inscribed on the Waraburgt by the Aldegamude.] [71]
  • [All this is Inscribed not only on the Waraburgt, but also on the Burgt Stavia, which Lies Behind the Port of Stavre.] [79]
  • [What the Consequence of This Was.] [85]
  • [Now We Will Write about the War between the Burgtmaagden Kalta and Min-erva,] [87]
  • [We Now Come to the History of Jon.] [91]
  • [Now We Shall Write how it Fared with Jon. It is Inscribed at Texland.] [97]
  • [This is about the Geertmen.] [101]
  • [In the Year One Thousand and Five after Atland was Submerged, This was Inscribed on the Eastern Wall of Fryasburgt.] [105]
  • [This is Inscribed in All Our Citadels.] [111]
  • [How it Fared Afterwards with the Magy.] [117]
  • [Postscript.] [121]
  • [The Writings of Adelbrost and Apollonia.] [123]
  • [The Second Writing.] [129]
  • [The Elegy of the Burgtmaagd.] [133]
  • [The Oldest Doctrine.] [135]
  • [The Second Part of the Oldest Doctrine.] [139]
  • [This is Written on Parchment—“Skrivfilt.” Speech and Answer to other Maidens as an Example.] [143]
  • [Now I will Write Myself, First about My Citadel, and then about what I have been Able to See.] [147]
  • [The Writings of Frêthorik and Wiljow.] [157]
  • [Now I Will Relate how the Geertman and Many Followers of Hellenia Came Back.] [163]
  • [This Writing has been Given to Me about Northland and Schoonland (Scandinavia).] [179]
  • [The Writing of Konerêd.] [195]
  • [Now I Will Write about Friso.] [197]
  • [What Friso did Further.] [203]
  • [Now I will Write about His Son Adel.] [209]
  • [Here is the Writing with Gosa’s Advice.] [215]
  • [Here is my Counsel.] [219]
  • [The Writing of Beeden.] [227]
  • [Letter of Rika the Oudmaagd, Read at Staveren at the Juul Feast.] [229]
• [Adela.] [2]
  • [Okke min svn.] [2]
  • [Thet bok thêra Adela folstar.] [4]
  • [Tex Fryas.] [18]
  • [Thet het Fasta sêid.] [22]
  • [Fasta sêide.] [24]
  • [That send tha êwa thêr to thêra burgum hêra.] [24]
  • [Mêna êwa.] [30]
  • [Hyr folgath tha êwa thêr thêrut tavlikt send.] [32]
  • [Hyr send tha rjuchta thêre moder and thêra kêninggar.] [34]
  • [Hyr send tha rjuchta aller Fryas vmbe sêkur to wêsande.] [36]
  • [Ut Minnos skriftun.] [38]
  • [Êwa fara stjurar. Stjurar is thi èrenoma thêra butafarar.] [40]
  • [Netlika sêka ut-a nêilêtne skriftum Minnos.] [42]
  • [Ut-a skrifta Minnos.] [48]
  • [III. Ut-a skrifta Minnos.] [56]
  • [Hir vnder send thrê wêta, thêr after send thissa setma makad.] [58]
  • [Thissa domar send makad fara nydiga manniska.] [60]
  • [This send domar fara horninga.] [62]
  • [That hyr vnder stat is in ut tha wagar thêre Waraburgh writen.] [64]
  • [That stêt vp alle burgum eskrêven.] [66]
  • [Ho arge tid kêm.] [70]
  • [Thit stêt inna Waraburch by thêre Aldega mvda wryt.] [70]
  • [Thit ella stet navt allêna vpper Waraburgh men ok to thêre burch Stavia, thêr is lidsen aftere have fon Stavre.] [78]
  • [Hwat thêr of wrden is.] [84]
  • [Nw willath wi skriwa vr tha orloch thêra burchfamna Kalta and Min-erva] [86]
  • [Hirby kvmth tha skêdnesse fon Jon.] [90]
  • [Nv willath wi skriva ho-t Jon vrgvngen is, thit stêt to Texland skrêven.] [96]
  • [Thit is over tha Gêrtmanna.] [100]
  • [An tha jêra 1000 and 5 nêi Aldland svnken is, is thit vpp-ina asterwach it Fryas burch writen.] [104]
  • [Thit stat in al vsa burga.] [110]
  • [Ho-t thene Magy forth vrgvngon is.] [116]
  • [Nêischrift.] [120]
  • [Tha skrifta fon Adelbrost and Apollonia] [122]
  • [Thet othera skrift.] [128]
  • [Thêre burchfams lov.] [132]
  • [Formlêre.] [134]
  • [Thet othera dêl fonre formlêr.] [138]
  • [Thit stat vp skrivfilt skrêven. Tal and andworde ora famna to-n forbyld.] [142]
  • [Nw wil ik selva skriwa êrost fon over min burch and than over hwat ik hav muge sjan.] [146]
  • [Tha skrifta fon Frethorik and Wiljow.] [156]
  • [Nw wil ik skriwa ho tha Gêrtmanna and fêlo Hêlênja folgar tobek kêmon.] [162]
  • [Thit skrift is mij ower Nortland jeftha Skênland jêven.] [178]
  • [Thet skrift fon Konerêd.] [194]
  • [Nv wil ik vr Friso skriva.] [196]
  • [Ho Friso forther dêde.] [202]
  • [Nw wil ik skriwa vr Adel sin svnv.] [208]
  • [Hyr is that skrift mith Gosas rêd.] [214]
  • [Hyr is nv min rêd.] [218]
  • [Thet skrift fon Bêden.] [226]
  • [Brêf fon Rika thju aldfam, vpseid to Staveren by-t jolfêrste.] [228]