"Low German" Quotes from Famous Books
... lay of Marie de France, 'Le Lai del Freisne.' This tale of Breton origin is three hundred years older than any manuscript of the ballad. Comparison will, however, quickly show that it is not the source either of the English or of the Low German and Scandinavian ballad. The tale and the ballads have a common source, which lies further back, and too far for us to find." Your lane, alone. Braw, finely dressed. Gear, goods. But and, and also. Stown, stolen. Leugh, laughed. Loot, ... — Ballad Book • Katherine Lee Bates (ed.) |