In:From West to North Frisia: A Journey along the North Sea Coast
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[NOWELE Supplement Series 33] 2022
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De “Burmania”-sprekwurden. Meitsjen, sammeljen en útjaan
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Article language: Western Frisian
Published online: 10 March 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/nss.33.05bre
https://doi.org/10.1075/nss.33.05bre
Abstract
The so-called “Burmania” – proverbs have come down to us in two versions, as a manuscript from 1614 and as a printed edition from 1641. The former must be a copy. The blueprint is from about 1610, possibly from Sibrandus Siccama. The author must have had an older collection of proverbs at his disposal, probably compiled around 1540–1550. A non-native speaker who learned Frisian at the time, or who had already done so, edited the edition from 1641, modernising the Frisian from 1614 in a consistent manner. As editor, Johannes Arcerius comes to mind. He lived in the place where the book was printed, he wrote a Frisian akin to that of 1641, and in 1662 he seemingly had at his disposal the manuscript from 1614, or its blueprint from about 1610. At the time there was a certain interest in Frisian, which commercially benefitted this edition of Frisian proverbs.
Article outline
- Ynlieding
- Hânskrift 1614: Meitsjen en sammeljen
- Utjefte 1641: Besoargjen
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