Old Frisian drawings by and based on J. Cadovius Müller (1650-1725)

[this experimental post is intended to be updated]

Illustrations and terms in Memoriale linguae Frisicae: a manuscript about East-Frisian language and culture by Johannes Cadovius Müller (1650-1725), from printed editions 1875 and 1911.

Old East Frisian farmers house

a. krüsselwarck — the front transverse building of a three-part, late medieval, Frisian farmhouse
b. middelhues — 'middle-house' — MIDDEL.HUS
c. kornsphyker — grain store — KÉREN ...
d. veehues — cattle shed — FJA.HUS

 

a. schloot; fossa — ditch — SLÁT
b. brügstete —  bridge-... — BRIGGE ...
c. klampe — ...
d. steck —fence

e. di warffer — wharf, front yard — WÀRF

f. di thüen; locus horti —garden

g. krüsselwarck-grundryss — ...

h. dait veehhues — cattle shed — THAT FJA.HUS

i. di hoy- uhn kohrnspyhker — the haybarn and granary — ... AND KÉREN ...

k. pisell — room

l. kouken —kitchen

m. middelhues — 'middle-house' — MIDDEL.HUS

n. bettesteten — box beds — BED ...

o. boode to schapen — sheep pen — SKÉP(A) ...

p. duufenhuus — dovecote

q. schwynstey — pigsty

r. mistfall — dunghill

s. pütte — water well

t. groote schindar — large barn door — GRÁTE ... DURE

u. huesdar — front door — HUS.DURE

Old Frisian clothing

a. siust (tunic) — 

b. koogel (hat)

c. body belt for rich women with golden bells

d. geerdel (body belt for common women)

e. schuar (shoes) —

f. schuarreehm (shoestrap)

Old Frisian arms of war

a. sckilde (shield) — SKILD

b. bostkede — BROST. ...?

c. saghs (knife, dagger, short sword) — SAX

d. baage (bow) — BÔGE

e. pattstock (... stick) — ... STÔK