[1] BASTUM MÁKTH MÀN TÁW ÀND FON THA KERNUM MÁKTH MÀN CHELKA ÀND ÔR GERÁD. HÍR INNA WALDA HÀV IK KRUP ÀND STÁK.BÉJA SJAN. BY VS SIND BÉI.BÁMA ALS JOW [5] LINDA.BÁMA. HWÉR FON THA BÉJA FÜL SWÉTER ÀND THRÉ WÁRA GRÁTER AS STÁKBÉJA SIND. |
husks ropes are made, and of the shells cups and other utensils. In the woods here I have seen creep and stalk berries. In our homeland there are berry trees like your linden trees, the fruits of which are much sweeter and three times as big as stalk berries. |
HWERSA THA DÉGA VPPA SIN OLDERLÔNGSTE SIND ÀND THJU SVNNE FON TOP SKINTH. THEN SKIN SE LIN.RJUCHT [10] VPPA JOW HOLE DEL. IS MÀN THEN MITH SIN SKIP ÉL FÉR SÛDLIK FÁREN ÀND MÀN THES MIDDÉIS MITH SIN GELÁT NÉI.T ÁSTEN KÉRED. SÁ SKINTH SVNNE ÀJEN THINE WINSTERE SÍDE LIK SE ÒWERS ÀJEN THINE [15] FÉRRE SÍDE DVAT. |
When the days are at the longest, and the sun is at its highest position, it shines down on your head perpendicularly. If you then sail very far to the south by ship, and turn your face to the east at midday, the sun will shine upon your left side, as it otherwise does upon your right side. |
HÍRMITHA WIL IK ENDA MÁR AFTER MIN SKRÍWE SKIL.ET THI LICHT NOG FALLA. VMB THA LÉJEN AFTIGA TELTJAS TO MÜGE SKIFTANE FON THA WARA TELLINGA. |
With this I will end, confident that my writing will make it easy for you to separate made up tales from true accounts. |
JOW LJUD.GÉRT. |
Your Liudgeart. |