^outsmarting all earlier translations

[Updated 4-3-2026 ~ zie nu op OL-wiki]

The following may seem just a detail, but it once more shows how all previous translations can still be further improved.

[029/26]
SAHWERSA THÉR SWETHNATA ET SÉMNE KYVA ÀND SANA
If neighbors should quarrel and dispute amongst themselves...

VR ENZE SÉKA THA VR LÁND (transliteration Ottema: vr enga sêka, tha vr lând)

I think THA does not mean other than/ except or such as here, but  or (Dutch: of/ dan wel), as it does in the following fragments, also written by Minno:

[030/10] ET WÍRING.GA THA TO AL.MAN.LAND
at Wyringga or at Almanland
[030/30] THÀT.ET FOLK VS LÉT DVATH THA BISTÉLLETH
that the folk does us harm or steals from us

 Thus, the translation would be:

over minor cases* or over a piece of land

(*Dutch/ German: zaken/ Sachen)

Note that the red and blue marked translations differ significantly from each other:

translation	original language	English
Ottema 1872, p.43	over eenige zaak (anders) dan over land*	over any matter (other) than land
Sandbach 1876, p.43	-	about any matter except land
Wirth 1933, p.36	über andere Sachen als Land	over other matters than land
Overwijn 1951, p.31	over een of andere zaak zoals over land**	over any matter such as land
Pierce 1983, p.19	-	over any (other) matter than over land
Jensma 2006, p.129	over andere zaken dan over land	over other matters than land
De Heer 2008	over enige zaken zoals over land	over some matters such as land
Raubenheimer 2011	-	over any matter other than land
Lien 2013	over noen (andre) saker enn over land	over some (other) matters than land
Menkens 2013, p.50	über einzelne Dinge/Sachen wie über Land(besitz)	over individual matters such as land(-ownership)
Ott 2026	over onbelangrijke zaken of over land	over minor cases*** or over a piece of land

*onveranderd overgenomen in 1876 uitgave; **gelijk aan versie 1941, bl.33 (uitgez. spelling zooals); ***‘minor cases’ (ENZE SÉKA) — more literally: cases of light weight; see Richthofen Oldfrisian dictionary “enze” or etymology of Dutch “ons” (weight).