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450 WIGHTS AND ELVES.<br />

dumeln lane/ Ls. 1, 378. In one Danish lay, the smallest trold<br />

is no bigger than an ant, D.V. 1, 176. Hence in fairy tales<br />

daumling (thumbling, pet<strong>it</strong> poucet) indicates a dwarfish figure ;<br />

the Sd/cTv\os Y&MO? is to be derived from Sa/cn/Xo? (finger) ;<br />

Truy/xato? pigmasus from Trvypij (fist) ; the 0. Pruss. parstuck,<br />

perstuck, a dwarf, from L<strong>it</strong>h. pirsztas, Slav, perst, prst (finger) ;<br />

and a Bohem. name for a dwarf, pjdimuzjk= span-mannikin, from<br />

pjd (span). 1 In Sansk. bdlakhilya = gemoriim genus, pollicis<br />

magn<strong>it</strong>udinem aequans, sixty thousand of them sprang out of<br />

Brahma s hair, Bopp s Gloss. Skr. a<br />

p. 122<br />

(ed. 2, p. 238b<br />

) ; bala,<br />

balaka = puer, parvulus, the ilya I do not understand. There<br />

are curious stories told about the deform<strong>it</strong>y of dwarfs feet, which<br />

2<br />

are said to be like those of geese or ducks ; conf. queen Berhta,<br />

1 When we read in a passage quoted by Jungmann 4, 652 : mezi pjdimuzjky<br />

kraluge trpasljk (among thuinblings a dwarf is king), <strong>it</strong> is plain that a trpasljk is<br />

more than a pjdimuzjk. Can this trp- (Slovak, krpec, krpatec) be conn, w<strong>it</strong>h our<br />

knirps, knips, krips, gribs (v. infra), which means one of small stature, not qu<strong>it</strong>e a<br />

dwarf? Finn, peukalo, a thumbling, Kalew. 13, 67 ; mies peni, pikku mies, l<strong>it</strong>tle<br />

man three fingers high 13, 63-8. 24, 144. For dwarf the MHG. has also der<br />

kurze man, Wigal. 6593. 6685. 6710 ; der wenige man, Er. 7442. Ulr. Alex, (in<br />

Wackern. s Bas. Ms., p. 29 b ), in contrast w<strong>it</strong>h the michel man or giant. One<br />

old name for a dwarf was churzibolt, Pertz 2, 104, which otherwise means a short<br />

coat, Hoff. Gl. 36, 13. Both. 4576. Conf. urkinde (nanus), Gramm. 2, 789.<br />

2 Deutsche Sagen, no. 149 ; I here give a more fa<strong>it</strong>hful version, for which I am<br />

indebted to Hr. Hieron. Hagebuch of Aarau. Vo de hardmandlene uf der Kamsflue.<br />

Hinder der Arlisbacher egg, zwiischenem dorfle Hard und dem alte Lorenze-<br />

kapallele, stoht im ene thale so ganz eleigge e griisle vertra<strong>it</strong>e flue, se sagere<br />

dRamsflue. uf der hindere s<strong>it</strong>e isch se hohl, und dhole het numme e chline igang.<br />

Do sind denn emol, me weiss nid axact i wele johrgange, so rarige mtindle gsi, die<br />

sind i die hohle us und i gange, hand ganz e so es eiges labe gefiiehrt, und en<br />

apartige hushaltig, und sind ganz bsunderig derhar cho, so warklich gestaltet, und<br />

m<strong>it</strong> eim wort, es isch halt kei monsch usene cho, wer se denn au seige, wohar se<br />

cho seige, und was se tribe, amel gekochet hand se m<strong>it</strong>, und wiirzle und beeri<br />

gga sse. unde a der flue lauft es ba chle, und i dem bachle hand die mandle im sum<br />

mer badet, wie table, aber eis vonene het imnier wacht gha, und het pfiffe, wenn<br />

opper derhar cho isch, uf dem : fuesswag denn sind se ame gsprunge, was gisch<br />

was hesch, der barg uf, dass ene kei haas noh cho wer, und wie der schwick in<br />

ehre hohle gschloffe. dernabe hand se kem monsch m<strong>it</strong> zleid tho, im gagetheil,<br />

gfalligka<strong>it</strong>e, wenn se hand chonne. Eiuisch het der Hardpur es fiiederle riswalle<br />

glade, und wil er elei gsi isch, het ers au fast nid mbge. E sones mandle gsehts vo<br />

der flue obenabe, und chunt der durab zhopperle iiber driese, und hilft dem pur,<br />

was es het moge. wo se do der bindbaum wand ufe thue, so isch das mandle ufem<br />

wage gsi, und het grichtet, und der pur het iiberunde azoge a de bindchneble. do<br />

het das mandle sseil nid racht ume gliret,und wo der pur azieht, schnellt der baum<br />

los und trift smandle ane finger und hets wiirst blessiert do ; foht der pur a jommere<br />

und se<strong>it</strong> o heie, o heie, wenns numenau mer begegnet wer ! do se<strong>it</strong> das<br />

mandle abba, das macht nut, salben tho, salben gha. *<br />

m<strong>it</strong> dene worte springts<br />

vom wage nabe, het es chri<strong>it</strong>le abbroche, hets verschaflet und uf das bluetig fin-<br />

* Swab. sell thaun, sell haun, Schmid p. 628. More neatly in MHG., selbe<br />

taste, selbe habe, MS. 1, 10 b . 89 a .

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