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From: Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <dheghnom at hotmail.com>
Subject: Vissevasse

What does vysevaze mean here? Any relation with Danish "vissevasse"?
(deu. Wisch(i)-Wasch(i)) ~ vrøvl, vås ~ rubbish!

I read it in Reynke de Vos.

Grymbart sprack vort: »nu klaget de haze
Eyn mereken vnde eyne vysevaze.

In Danish we say "vissevasse' for "rubbish", like

"vissevasse, den hopper jeg skam ikke på! Sikke noget vås"

Is 'eyn vysevaze' a person (here: animal) saying rubbish? or can it mean
something else.

Thanks in advance,
Kenneth

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Help needed

Hey, Kenneth!

> Grymbart sprack vort: »nu klaget de haze
> Eyn mereken vnde eyne vysevaze.

This is how I understand it (in English of about the same period):

Grimbeard spake forth "now lamenteth the Hare
A Fayned Fable and a Twittle-Twattle-Thynge.

And in Modern English:

Grimbeard continued, "Now the hare complained,
'A fairy-tale and a bunch of hooey!'

So, I understand _vysevaze_ to be a countable noun in Middle Saxon, "a bunch
of garbage," "a made-up, nonsensical story," etc.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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