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[ReneZ]

Marco, I was reading some of the charms and recipes in Clm 726 and noticed the following on folio 44r:

"Dem das hirn schwindat odar gar verschwunden der ist dar ass dik gersten mel mit gaismilch gemischt er gerist."


Putting this into slightly more readable German (not modern or proper German, but expansion of some of the truncated words so they are more recognizable in German), I get the following:

Dem das [ge]hirn schwindlig oder gar* verschwunden der ist dar essen dicke gersten mehl mit geissmilch gemischt er gereist.

Note that "gar" is Norse for to go or to become and gereist is both Norse and German for to travel/to get up (in the morning or from bed)/to get around.

Very nice example.

Just a note: 'gar' is a perfectly fine German word, mostly used in 'gar nicht' where it ephasises the 'not' strongly, becoming 'not at all', and also in: 'oder gar' which I would translate as: 'or even' (minor emphasis).

After the Mondragone presentation of Johannes Albus I had been looking for recipes involving goat liver, which exist since antiquity and have to do with bad eyesight. Never looked too much for goat milk. It would seem to be of interest.