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UNS.ELDE. 879<br />

Unscelde wart sin geverte, diu huob sich m<strong>it</strong> im uf die vart ;<br />

er lief gegen einem walde, er wande er wsere Unsaelden wor-<br />

den vri (he weened he was free of U.) .<br />

er sprach : Unscelde, nu bin ich dir entrunnen (escaped).<br />

nein sprach Unscelde, ich han den sig (victory) gewunnen ;<br />

swaz du geliefe, daz selbe ich rande (I ran as fast as thou),<br />

uf dinem liaise (neck) was min gemach (I took my ease.) 1<br />

der man da zuo im selbe sprach (to himself spake) :<br />

s6 st niht s6 guot, ich enkere ivider ze lande ! (best<br />

back).<br />

to turn<br />

Exactly the story of the homespr<strong>it</strong>e, who fl<strong>it</strong>s w<strong>it</strong>h you, and<br />

you cannot shake him off (p. 513) : Misfortune personified is<br />

here subst<strong>it</strong>uted for the more living kobold. Unsaelde occurs<br />

in the plural too :<br />

(<br />

ganc z alien onselden hin ! in a Lower Ehino<br />

poem by Wilhelm (F. A. Reuss p. 13). It reminds me of zuo<br />

zallen marsen varn (p. 362; see Suppl.).<br />

1 Post equ<strong>it</strong>em sedet atra Cura. Hor. Od. 3, 1

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