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ELVES, DWAEFS. 467
legend from Dorste near Osterode, it will be seen, transfers to
dwarfs what the Kindermarchen No. 46 relates of a sorcerer :
Et was enmal en maken int holt nan arberen egan, da keimen de
twarge un neiment mee. Da se na orer hiilen keimen, da veiieifde
sek de eine twarg in se, un da solle se one ok frien, awer iest
(erst) wollen de twarge de andern twarge taur hochtit bidden,
underdes solle dat maken in huse alles reine maken un taur hochtit
anreien. Awer dat maken, dat wolle den twarg nich frien, da
wollet weglopen, awer dat se t nich glik merken, tug et sin teug
ut un tug dat ne strawisch an, un da sach et ne tunne vul hunig,
da krup et rinder (hinein), un da sach et ok ne tunne vul feddern,
un da krup et ok rinder, un da et wedder ruter kam, was et gans
vul feddern, un da leip et weg un steig upn hoagen boam. Da
keimen de twarge derbunder (darunter) vorbi, un da se t seichen,
ineinen se, et wore en vugel, da reipen se t an un seen :
Wohen, woher du schoane feddervugel ?
Ek kome ut der twarges hule.
1 Wat maket de schoane junge brut ?
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Dei steit metn bessen un keret dat hus.
Juchhei ! sau wil wie ok hen/
Und da se hen keimen, seen se taur brut guen morgen/ un
seen noch mehr dertau awer ; da se nich antwure, sleuchten se r
hinder de aren, un da fell se hen 1
(see Suppl.).
hvilket ok skedde. Ty nar de andre gafvo, lyfte han up
tacket ok kastade en sa stor
penning eposse ther igenom, at banken sa nar gadt af ok , sade thervid : ther ar rnin
skank ! ok sade : ytterligare nar tu skal lia tin hemmagifta, skaltu kiora med 4
hastar hit til berget ok fa tin andel. T& han sedermera efter hans begaran kom
tit, fik han kopparkdttlar then ene , storre an then andre, tils then yttersta storste
kattelen blef upfyld med andra mindre item ; brandcreatur, som voro hielmeta, af
hvilken farg ok creaturslag, som aro stora ok frodiga, the an ha qvar pa rik, i
Tauums gall belaget. Thenne mannen Keors far i Foglekarsten benamd, aflade en
hop barn med thenna sin saledes fran berget afhamtade hustru, bland hvilka var
namnemannen Eeor pa Hogen so ; har Ola Stenson i stora Kijk varit Eeors systerson,
hvilken i forledit ar med doden : afgik. [Epitome Eeor s fathers dwelt, etc.
One, an archer, lived near a hill, saw one day at noon a fine girl sitting on a stone ;
to get her, he threw steel between her and the hill. Her father opened the door of
the hill, asked him if he wanted his daughter. He answered yes, and as she was
naked, threw some of his clothes over her ; had her christened. Father : At thy
wedding bring ale, bread and horseflesh to my hill, and I will give thee a wedding
gift. This being done, he lifted their roof and threw in a great sum of money.
Now for house-furniture, come here with four horses. The man did so, and re
ceived copper kettles of all sizes, one inside the other, etc., etc. By this wife, thus
fetched from the hill, he had many children ;
died only last year.]
one was Eeor, whose nephew 0. S.
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Translation : Once a girl had gone into the wood after strawberries, when the