TWILIF ~ twelve: a special number

this and images below: the twelve months with Dutch-Germanic names
as depicted in Wolfsangel / Der Vaderen Erfdeel (1936-'38)
Louwmaand - January

From the amount of fragments with the number twelve and the fact that most lists of laws have twelve rules, it becomes clear that this was a special number. I also don't think it is a coincidence that the ode to Frya ("Frya was white like snow ...") has twelve parts, nor that there were 12 burghs mentioned in the list of reeves (page 5).

Our clocks have 12 hours, our calendars 12 months (the year has 12 or 13 full moons), the dozen is still a well known grouping of twelve pieces and in the Christian religion, Jesus had twelve apostles, etc..

This number may have been sacred, its spelling was not, as is demonstrated below. TWILIF was the most common spelling.

Sprokkelmaand - February

In modern related languages:
tólf, tólfta - icelandic
tolv, tolfte - swedish
tólv, tólvta - faroese
tolv, tolvte - danish, norse
tolve, tolfde - frisian
twaalf, twaalfde - dutch, afrikaans
twelve, twelfth - english
zwölf, zwölfte - german

In OLB twelve:
TVELF - 1 (fragment number below)
TWELIF - 8
TWÉLIF - 9
TWILF - 7,10
TWILIF - 3,6,11,12,13,14,15,17
TWILLIF - 4
twelfth:
TILLIFTE - 5
TWILIFTE - 2

Lentemaand - March

OLB fragments [page/line]

1 [00a/21]
THAT TVELF.HVNDRED.SEX ÀND FIFTIGOSTE JÉR
 the twelve-hundred, six and fiftieth year (1256)

2 [006/19]
ÀFTER.ET TWILIFTE JOL.FÉRSTE BÀRDE HJU THRJA MANGÉRTA
after the twelfth Yol-feast, she gave birth to three girls

3 [006/30]
ÀND NW BÀRDON EK TWILIF SVNA ÀND TWILIF TOGHATERA
and now each gave birth to twelve sons and twelve daughters

Grasmaand - April

4 [016/25]
THRIA TWILLIF RAPPA HORSA
triple twelve rapid horses

5 [020/16]
THA TILLIFTE DÉL FON THA SKÀT
the twelfth part of the treasure

6 [021/30]
IS EN BOJ TWILIF JÉR
 is a boy twelve years

Bloeimaand - May

7 [028/01]
THI WIT KÉNING TWILF MÔNIS DÉLA
 the sea king twelve man-parts

8 [047/26]
TWELIF GRÁTA SWETE RIN.STRAMA
 twelve great sweet rivers

9 [059/22]
TWÉLIF SKÉPA LÉT.I.TOHRÉDA
twelve ships he had prepared

Zomermaand - June

10 [074/10]
SJUGUN WARA TWILF SKYPUN
seven times twelve ships

11 [075/11]
NÉI THÀT WI IN TWILIF JÉR TID
NÉN KRÉKA LÁNDAR TO ÁLMAN.LÁND SJAN HÉDE
after for twelve years
we had not seen any Kreaklanders at Allmanland

12 [094/12]
TWILIF MANGÉRTNE MITH TWILIF LÀMKES
ÀND TWILIF KNÁPA MITH TWILIF HOKLINGA
twelve girls with twelve lambs
and twelve boys with twelve calves

Hooimaand - July

13 [106/25]
WÍD THRIJA TWILIF FÉT
wide triple twelve feet

14 [107/16]
MEN SVNNA STONDA
HWÉRFON TWIJA TWILIF VPP.EN ETMELDE KVMA
but a solar 'stand',
of which twice twelve go in a natural day

15 [107/23]
THRIJA TWILIF NÉD.HÛSA TOFARA THA OMHÉMAR
triple twelve emergency homes for 'outsiders'

Oogstmaand - August

16 [120/15]
NEI THÀT WI 12 (TWILIF) MEL 100 (HVNDRED) ÀND
TWIA.12 JÉR BI THA FIF WÉTRUM SÉTEN HÉDE
after we had lived twelve times hundred and
twice twelve years near the Five Waters

17 [138/20]
THÁ JES.VS ALSA TWILIF JÉR OMFÁREN HÉDE STURVER
when Yes-us had thus toured for twelve years, he died

Herfstmaand - September

[005/08] number of burghs mentioned in list of Reeves: 12

[009/18] O-S p.17
Ode to Frya ("Frya was white like ..." etc.): 12 parts

[011/13] O-S p.19
Frya's Tex: 12 counsils

[015/01] O-S p.25
Burgh Laws 2x12=24 rules

[019/09] O-S p.31
General Laws: 12 rules

Wijnmaand - October (later in '39-'44 renamed Zaaimaand)

[021/24] O-S p.33
War Laws: 12 rules

[023/07] O-S p.35
Laws of Mothers and Kings: 12 rules

[027/12] O-S p.41
Navigator Laws: 12 rules

Slachtmaand - November

Other numbers for rules and regulations:
[025/04] O-S p.37
Rights of Fryas to be secure (safe): 7 rules

[040/11] O-S p.59
Three WÉTA
Seven SETMA ÀND DOMAR
Three DOMAR for NYDIGA MÀNNISKA
Three DOMAR for HORNINGA

Wintermaand - December

ÉTHLA ~ ancestors

"Die Ahnensäule"
1938, Rudolf Gahlbeck

ÉTHLA (and varieties) for "ancestors" has been lost in our languages, but it still lives forth somehow as "edel" (and varieties) for "noble". Why and how would a word for such a familiar concept have disappeared and been replaced?

ancestors, forefathers, forbears - english
Vorfahren, Ahnen - german
voorouders, voorvaderen - dutch
voorouers - afrikaans
foarâlders - frisian
forfedre, aner - norse
forfædre - danish
förfäder, anor - swedish
forfeður - icelandic
frumfaðir - faroese

(noble - english)
edel - german, dutch, norse, afrikaans
ædle - danish
ädel - swedish
eal, edel - frisian

from Hettema's Frisian dictionary 1832

ornament with othala/ odal sign

Varieties in OLB (with fragment nrs.):

ÉTHELA - 12
ÉTHELUN - 6
ÉTHLA - 2,5,7-9,11,13-20,22
ÉTHLON - 10
ÉTHLUM - 1,3,21

ÉTHLA (nobles) - 4
ÉTHELINGA ( ,, ) - 23,24

~ ~ ~ fragments [page/line]

1 [00a/03]
THJU SKÉDNISSE FON VS ÉLE FOLK ÁK FON VSA ÉTHLUM
the history of all our folk and of our ancestors

2 [00b/01]
VMB VSA LJAWA ÉTHLA.S WILLE
For our dear ancestors' sake

3 [00b/15]
HWAT FON VSA ÉTHLUM KVMTH
what 'comes from' (is left of) our ancestors

4 [003/18]
WÉRON THA ÉTHLA TO HÀRDE FRYA.S
If the nobles were too 'hard' (hardcore, loyal) Fryas
(because of context, I assume "nobles" is meant here - see "related" below)

5 [004/29]
HOKKE GRATE MÀNNISKA VSA ÉTHLA WÉRON
how great people our ancestors were

6 [027/06]
FORTH HI EN ÉRE.NÁMA VPPA SINE SKELD FON SINA ÉTHELUN
if he bears on his shield an honorary name of his ancestors

7 [031/05]
ÀFTER HÀV.IK FRYA OFTEN TANKED VR HIRA TEX
ÀND VSA ÉTHLA VR THA ÉWA THÉR THÉRNÉI TAVLIKT SEND
later I often thanked Frya for her Tex
and our ancestors for the laws that were derived from that

8 [045/22]
THÀT HI SIN GÁST SA HERDE. INVR VSA ÉTHLA HETH FÁRA LÉTA
that he (Wralda) allowed his spirit to fare so strongly in and over our ancestors

9 [081/05]
THAM NÉY WÉRON NÉI THAT LAND HJARAR ÉTHLA
who were eager to see the land of their ancestors

10 [081/09]
THAT HJA RJUCHT HÉDE VPPET LÁND HJARAR ÉTHLON
that they had rights to the land of their ancestors

11 [120/06]
THÀT HJARA ÉTHLA FON THA SJVGON É.LANDA WEI KÉMON
that their ancestors came from the Seven Islands

12 [123/12]
THÁ HJU THJU STRÉTE ÀFTER VSA ÉTHELA VPHÉIDE
AS HJA INNA RÁDE SÉ KÉMON
when she (Earth) raised up the strait after our ancestors,
as they had passed into the Red Sea
 

13 [131/27]
THÀN SKILUN THA ÀFTERKOMANDA WÁNA THÀT THA LÉKA ÀND BRÉKA
THÉR THA BROK.MANNA MITHBROCHT HÀVE.
ÀJEN WERE AN HJARA ÉTHLA
then the descendants will falsely believe that the 'leaks and breaks' (defects),
that the Brookmen brought with them,
belonged to their ancestors

14 [133/14]
NW MÉN IK THA.K MÁR SKRÉVEN HÀ. AS ÉN MINRA ÉTHLA
now I think that I have written more than my ancestors

15 [143/01]
MIN ÉTHLA HÀVON IN ÀFTER THIT BOK SKRÉVEN
my ancestors have written this book in succession

16 [164/25]
BI HJARA KVMSTE HÉDON VSA ÉTHLA HJARA SELVA ÁK
AN THA ÁST.LIKA OWER FON PANG.AB DEL SET
at their arrival, our ancestors also settled
on the eastern shore of Pangab

17 [167/15]
VSA ÉTHLA HAVON ALLE KRÍL.WALDA VRBARNATH
our ancestors have burned down all underwoods

"Die Stimme der Ahnen" (1937)
Wulf Sörensen (Frithjof Fischer)

18 [189/04]
JY ALLE HWAMHIS ÉTHLA MITH FRISO HIR KÉMON
you all whose ancestors came here with Friso

19 [191/13]
JOW ÉTHLA ÀND THA TWISK.LANDAR
HÀVON MITH.A POPPA FORSTA OMME GVNGEN
your ancestors and the Twisklanders
had contact with the strange (foreign) kings

20 [197/01]
IK NIL NÉN KWÁD SPRÉKA VR VSA ÉTHLA
I don't want to speak badly of our ancestors

21 [199/06]
ÍSERA WÉPNE THÉR HJA FON HJARA ÉTHLUM URVEN HÀVE
iron weapons that they have inherited from their ancestors

22 [203/17]
THÀN SKILUN THA SKINNA JOWRE ÉTHLA JO KVMA WEKJA
then the ghosts of your ancestors will come to wake you up

Related: ÉTHELINGA (nobles)

23 [002/02]
THÀT GÍRICH SA THÉRA HYRTOGUM ÀND THÉRA ÉTHELINGA
the 'being greedy' (greed) of the army leaders and the nobles

24 [003/09]
THÁ KLIVADON HJA THA HÉRTOGA ÀND ÉTHELINGA AN BORD
then they took the army leaders and nobles on board (i.e. they convinced them to join)

NÉSTON, NÉSTA etc. ~ next of kin, nearest, neighbors, equals

The following key fragment of 1935 German film "Friesennot" (Frisians in Distress), a.k.a. "Dorf im Roten Sturm", about a German-Frisian anabaptist colony in Bolsjevik Russia, is as relevant today as it was then:

 Dutch subtitled version here

The core of the Christian religion is the command to love "the Lord, thy God" and "thy neighbor". (What god would command his creation to love him?!)

Particularly the second part "love thy neighbor" is used still today, explicitly or implicitly, to force European nations to welcome an invasion of so-called refugees from very different cultures and tribes.

We will first show the bible quotes and then see what is said about the concept of "neighbor" or "next of kin" in the Oera Linda book. We will examine the varieties of this word in the OLB and in NW European languages.

Quotes from Bible, King James Version:
Matthew 22:37-39 and Mark 12:30-31
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God [...] Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 10:27
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God [...] and thy neighbour as thyself.
Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself [...]

"Thy neighbor" in other NW European language Bible translations:
deinen Nächsten - German (Luther, 1545)
din nästa - Swedish (1917)

Charity by W.A. Bouguereau (1878)

din næste - Danish (1933), Norse (1930)
náunga þinn - Icelandic
uwen naesten/ uw naaste - Dutch (1637/ 2010)
dyn neiste - Frisian (1943)

Varieties and fragments in the OLB

noun: next of kin (plural), neighbors, equals
NÉSTON - 1,2
NÉSTUN - 3
NÉSTUM - 6
NÉSTA - 7abc,9

idem (singular?)
NÉSTE - 4

adjective: next, nearest
NÉISTA - 5

preposition: next to
NÉST - 8

(Note: other words that might be translated as "neighbors" are SWETSAR, SWETHNATA or BÛRA; neighboring tribes or nations.)

1 [011/31] Tex Fryas
J HÀWED SJAN HO RING IK HELPE LÉNDE.
DVA AL ÉN MITH JO NÉSTON.
You have seen rapidly I offered help.
Do the same with your neighbors.

2 [012/06] Tex Fryas
NIM NÀMMAR KNI.BUWGJANDE TÁNK FON.JV NÉSTON ÁN.
Never accept your neighbors to thank you with bended knees.

3 [028/16] Navigators' Laws
SIN THÉR VPPA TOCHT VMKVME
SA MOTON HJARA NÉSTUN. HJARA DÉL ERVA.
Have some of them died on a journey,
then their next of kin must inherit their part.

4 [043/10] On dealing with the dregs of society
NÉN ÀFTA FRYA.S SKIL OVIR.A MISSLÉGA
SINRA NÉSTE MÁLJA NACH KALTA.
A true Fryas shall not mock or gossip 
about the mistakes of his neighbors.

5 [063/11] Kelta and Minerva
THRVCH SIN VNTOCHT ÀND HÁCH.FÁRENHÉD.
IS ER VAKEN THENE BÁNA SINRA NÉISTA SIBBA WRDEN.
As a result of his lechery and arrogance,
he often became the murderer of his nearest relatives.

6 [078/08] Ulysus and Athenia
NIMMÀN NE MACHT EN HUS TO BVWANDE
THÀT RUMER ÀND RIKKER WÉRE AS THÀT SINRA NÉSTUM.
No one could build a house
that was more spacious and abundant as that of his neighbors.

7 [106/02] Example of the greedy loner
BIST ÀRG BÁT.SJOCHTIG SÉIDE FÀSTA ~
BIHOD THÀN JVWE NÉSTA
BITHJOD THÀN JVWE NÉSTA
HELP THÀN JUWE NÉSTA
SÁ SKILUN HJA.T THI WITHER.DVA.
If you like benefits [lit.: "are you very profit-seeking"], Festa said,
then protect your neighbors,
then inform your neighbors,
then help your neighbors,
for they will do so in return.

8 [191/09] Rika's letter
THISSA BYLDON LÉTON HJA INNA THA CHERKA STALLA
NÉST THA BYLDON THÉRA DROCHTNE
They had these images placed in the temples,
next to the images of their idols.

9 [191/31] Rika's letter
HJA DVATH AL.ÉN MITH.A GLOR.NÔMA FON HJARA NÉSTA.
They do the same with the honorary names of their (more) equals 
(as opposed to of Frya or the folk mother).

Page 004 - 005 Ádela's Advice & Grevetmen

Note added on October 23: from now on, new translations will be posted on the other blog, here: http://aldfryas.blogspot.de/

See previous posts for pages 1-3 and letters by Hidde and Liko Oera Linda. Spelling of words and names from the original language that are used in the translation (Burch/ Burgh, Fámna/ Fáms, etc.) will be standardised later.

The chronological continuation of this text would be on page 91, line 11 (Brunno's writings).

page 002 - 003 Ádela speaks

For page 001, see earlier post.

ALTOMET - westfrisian: altemetteris (sometimes)
BÀRN - children; see post
HYRTOGUM (plur., elsewhere spelled HÉRTOGA) - du: hertog; ge: herzog; da,no: hertug; fr: hartoch; sw: hertig; ic: hertogi (duke, lit. army-leader)
VRDWÁLSKA - du: overdwaals; fr: oerdwealsk (excessive, audacious, haughty)

VRLOVANDE.RA KY MITH GOLDEN HORNA - literally "promising them cows with golden horns"; this expression still exists in Dutch and means the same as the English expression “to promise mountains of gold”; to promise much, and perform nothing

More words will be listed later. 

Page 00a and 00b ~ Liko and Hidde Oera Linda

See previous post.

ÁGON - eyes; see post
PAMPÍER - paper, see post
SKÉDNISSE - fr: skiednis; du: geschiedenis; du: geschichte (history)
WRSKRÉVEN, WRSKRÍVA, SKRÉWEN - copied, copy, written; see post (02 December 2011 - 07:04 PM)

(more words later)

page 001 new English translation

Page one of my new English Oera Linda translation (experimental phase). I have decided not to stick to the original wording (leaving names and some key terms untranslated), but make it a more easy read which still gives voice to the essence as I percieve it after 6 years of studying it. It is the first English translation that offers an easy way of comparing to transliteration and original manuscript.
Proper introduction, discussion, index etc. will be added in the final (paper) version.

Names:
Á.DEL.A and ÁPOL - meaning not clear

Geography:
WRSARA - river Weser; Eastfrisian: Werser(n)

Other words of special interest:
(MENA) ÁCHT - (general) assembly; see [033/02-09]
BURCHFÁM - first lady of a stronghold (burgh, borough, bury)
FÁMNA - plur. of FÁM; see post
FOLK - da,fr,en,no,sw: folk; ic: fólk; du,ge: volk
GÁ, GO - ge: gau; fr: goa; du: gouw (province or shire)
MÁGÍ - king and high-priest of the Magyars and Finns; see [050/31 - 056/20]
MODER - usually refers to the 'Mother' of all FOLK, sometimes of a BURCH; see Laws on pp.15-18 and 23
SIBBA - ge: sippe; du: sibbe; (sib, kindred, relatives, tribesmen, family, clan, etc.); see post
VRESTE - du: overste; ge: oberste; en: uppermost, supreme

da - danish
du - dutch
en - english
fr - frisian
ge - german
ic - icelandic
sw - swedish
no - norse, norwegian