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[JoJo_Jost]

There are several possibilities, but I suspect that valden in the sense of "nahe bringen" = "bring closer" fould makes the most sense here. But I would like to add: I'm not entirely sure.

But if you take 8 as "d", you have ‘tod’ in the first line, thats good, but also ‘portad’, and that doesn't make sense.

But d/t/ts/tz are not as static in medieval German as we perceive them to be today.


I am still looking for an example in a handwritten text for: 8 = tz. I have some that come close, but there is still a small upward stroke visible on the upper left side of the 8. However, the writer also draws the t very small here, so that it could be "smudged".

If you take 8 as tz, then that's totz = block of wood (Klotz is also considered an insult, ‘Holzklotz’ = block of wood = no brain in it), but whether that makes more sense is another matter. 

Perhaps Marco is right and they are different 8s – at least they seem to have been written differently.