This really looks close to Middle Dutch to me. I'll try the bits I can understand. It seems to concern a certain wedding arrangement where a man marries a woman of lower birth. His inheritance cannot pass to her, but he is allowed to give her a "morgengave", which is part of his property he sets aside for her for after he dies - conditions apply.
The herwede is a sum of money one has to pay related to one's fiefdom, but I'm not sure of the exact legal meaning here.
Na den herwede sal dat wif nemen ere morgengave. Dar horet to alle velt perde, rindere t zeghen. vn(?) swin de vor den herden gar.tunete u_n timb? mesteswin horet aver to der mus dele.
"After the herwede, the wife/woman will take the morgengave. Part of this is all field horses, cattle and sows. ..... pig something walled? something fat pig belongs somewhere to the ?? part."
I could get more out of it when I have some more time, this is all I can say at first sight. The problem is that I don't know how to complete the abbreviation "mus", which has an o over it.
I think this describes what happens when the husband has died? If Voynich researchers have claimed before that it's about widows, it would be interesting to know how they got to that idea.
The herwede is a sum of money one has to pay related to one's fiefdom, but I'm not sure of the exact legal meaning here.
Na den herwede sal dat wif nemen ere morgengave. Dar horet to alle velt perde, rindere t zeghen. vn(?) swin de vor den herden gar.tunete u_n timb? mesteswin horet aver to der mus dele.
"After the herwede, the wife/woman will take the morgengave. Part of this is all field horses, cattle and sows. ..... pig something walled? something fat pig belongs somewhere to the ?? part."
I could get more out of it when I have some more time, this is all I can say at first sight. The problem is that I don't know how to complete the abbreviation "mus", which has an o over it.
I think this describes what happens when the husband has died? If Voynich researchers have claimed before that it's about widows, it would be interesting to know how they got to that idea.