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[-] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

Yep, German speaker here. At 1000 I understand about half, but I had to reread the lines multiple times.

I got that they got married and he is now a wifman (husband) and that they live as wer and wif.

But I didn't understand that they still hunt the Maister.

[-] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

I only just now found the modern translation at the end, I'd say I got maybe 50-60% right. But I didn't get the Maister part either.

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