The German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (of 2)

by F. Max Müller

hê môste nemen al wat men eme brochte.

Kuckelrei makede dat meiste gerochte,

wente hê was dê eddelste van gebôrten: 10

vrôw Willigetrût vor der kafpôrten,

dê was sîn môder, dat wuste iderman,

wê aver sîn vader was, dâr wust men nicht van;

doch sêden dê bûr under malkander,

it wêre dê stoppelmeter, dê swârte Sander,

ein stolt man dâr hê was allein.

Brûn môste ôk van mannigem stein