LL-L "What does it mean?" 2008.06.02 (03) [E]

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From: Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net>
Subject: LL-L "What does ot mean?" 2008.06.01 (06) [E]

*"vynde boddeme maket vynde gut unde vynde gut maket vynde boddeme"*
*vynde:*   *1. winds*
*         2. enemies*
**
*boddeme:* *1. the bottom(s) of a of ship*
                      *2.    (a) special type of ship(s)*
*                      3. (a) shallow part(s) of the sea, near the coast, in
special used in the Baltic Sea*
**
*maket:**   make (3rd pers. sing/pl)*
**
*gut:**     good*
**
*unde:*    *and*

Who is able to solve this conundrum?
 Probably not I, since I am ignorant of Low Saxon.

Here is the aphorism with some context which is not fully legible to me.

http://books.google.com/books?id=lPsDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22vynde+boddeme%22&lr=&as_brr=0

I would guess:

"vynde" = "enemy" (or "devil") (cf. German "Feind")

"boddeme" = "[cargo] ship" (cf. English "bottom" = "[cargo] ship")

"gut" = "cargo" (cf. English "goods", German "Gueter")

Then the aphorism might mean something like "Bad ship, bad cargo; bad cargo,
bad ship" or so, where "bad" could be either "evil" or "enemy". Exact
application not obvious to me.

Just a guess.

-- Doug Wilson

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