Georgslied
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Georgslied (Song of St. George) ca.800-870 is an incomplete Old High German poem about the life of Saint George. It is by a scribe named "Wisolf". The spelling is poor and Wisolf breaks off the poem with "nequeo Vuisolf" ("I am unable"). It was possibly intended for singing.
It may date to 896 at the Abbey of Saint George on the Reichenau or perhaps the monastery Pruem. It is found in a manuscript which also contains Otfrid of Weissenburg's (Otfrid von Weißenburg) Evangelienbuch.
- [Georgslied] from Wikisource (in German)
- John Bostock, A Handbook of Old High German, 1976 ISBN 0198153929
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