Huth's reading of f116v: "gâs" as "ganz" confirmed in medieval German corpus

[Torsten]

For me, the long-s plus this awkward word order is enough to make the reading as "adverb - personal pronoun" unlikely. "Gasmich" is most likely one word, and given the "so nim" construction, most likely a noun.

Of course, "gasmich" as gaismilch also has problems. That's why we're still struggling with this.

Some additional findings regarding "gâs":

The word is listed in the Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch as a separate dictionary entry:
"¹gâs, gâes, adv., s. gâ, schnell, rasch, plötzlich, jäh."
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It is a standard dictionary word meaning "quickly, swiftly, suddenly."

I also found some additional corpus instances where "gâs" is spelled with a short s rather than a long s:

1. "spricht gas vil des liechtz In u͗ch gebriſt wandlent die wil dz liecht hie iſt" (F078, West Upper German, 16th c.)
2. "vnd do man gas der reich gem armen frag aus mas" (F315, East Franconian, 15th c.)

   

The East Franconian instance is from the second half of the 15th century — the same period as the Voynich Manuscript

Since "gâs" appears with both long-s and short-s in medieval German texts, the form of the s on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. cannot be used as an argument for reading "gasmich" as a single word.