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Languages and Nations. 



147 



Vow of the Saxons against Charlemagne. 



1 . Saxon .... Hilli krotj, Woudana ; ilp osk un osken pana 



2. Eng. transl. Holy great Wodan ; help us and our banner lord 



3. Mod.Germ. Heiliger grosserWodan; hilf uns und unserm banner herrn 

 Uuittikin ok kelta of ten aiskena Carlevi ten slaktenera. 

 Wittikin (ac) . .. .against the (aiaxpos ?) Charles the slaughterman. 

 Wittekind und . . . .gegenden Karl den schlahter. 



Ik kif ti in our un tou scapa un tat rofe. 



I give thee an ox and two sheep and the robbed (prey). 



Ih gebe dir einen Auerochsen und zwei schaafe and das geraubte. 



Ik slacte ti all fanka up tien iliken Artisberka. 



I slay for thee all captives upon thy holy Hercynian mountain. 



Ih schlahte dir alle Gefangenen aufdeinem heiligen Harz (berge). 



Baptismal Vow of a captive Saxon Chief. 



£ Hilken maktik koning Karelo, ick tin fanken Oddo, 



< Holy mighty king Charles, I thy prisoner Oddo, 



C Heiliger mahtiger konig Karl, ih dein Gefangener Otto, 

 f pana of thousand, forsaki ten krotten Woudanabelta up 

 ■} banner lord of thousand, forsake the great Wodan's image upon 

 ( banner herr iiber tausend, entsage dem grossen Wodan's bilde auf 

 Tartis barko. So ok all min godmanni ok krisknecti 



■5 the Hercynian mountain. So also all my vassals and war-servants 

 (dem Harz (berge). So auh alle meine gutsmanner and kriegsknehte 

 Cto kerstene. All min sittoma ok recto is in thin uuil 

 3 to Christians. All my possession and right is in thy will 

 fzu Christen. All mein besitzthum und reht ist in deinem willen 

 f ok anda. Wi bid di otmo.de um levens ok fridoms. Uui uuil 

 1 and hand. We bid thee humbly for life and liberty. We will 

 fund hand. Wir bitten dih demiithigum leben and freiheit. Wir wollen 

 C oldena bi Gotto almaktik ten vater, ten son, ten iliken ost, 

 \ hold by God almighty the father, the son, the holy ghost, 

 ' halten an Gott allmahtig den vater, den sohn, den heiligen geist, 

 r so wi nu lernet, ok an di, us nadik konnink. 



< whom we now learned, also on thee, our gracious king. 



C so wir nun gelernet, auh an dih, unserm gnadigen kbnig.* 



Anomalous changes of Consonants occurring constantly in certain 

 languages. 



17. — In consequence of the change of the labials occurring in the 

 Canarese language mentioned in paragraph 12, there would be in that 



* This second piece, by the way, shows the mannei* how the church of Rome made 

 proselytes, and how people were baptised in those dark ages, In our days no Christian 

 would do so. 



