Can we make isoglosses?

[Bernd]

Imagine the VM turns out to be a secret goatherding manual!
I still think 4 geese as tax for a goatherder seems excessive. Remember this was usually a yearly tax paid to the feudal lord whose employee the goatherder was who in turn paid the goatherder. It might make more sense if both goatherder and a large flock of goats belonged to the feudal lord / property owner, see my post on Bestandsvieh.

Regarding "chasmich":
"kamich" means "kahmig" - mit Kahmhaut überzogen. It's the biofilm floating on top of a standing waterbody, also called residue film.  -mich is often the suffix -mig in dialects.
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This is also interesting regarding recipes, "so nim kamich o" might be interpreted as "so take the residue film off". "o" can also mean off" as in "ohauen" -> to chop off
In practice this is important for fermentation processes where the relevant yeasts and bacteria are sitting in this biofilm. Especially in traditional vinegar and wine production. While undesired in winemaking, for vinegar this residue film floating on top is very important, see "mother of vinegar"
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I agree we must not assume "gaismich" means the same in the legal documents as in the VM, even if they are roughly from the same place and time.