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'''A. Hidde Oera Linda, 1255 CE'''

'''[[00a|a.01 [00a]]]''' Okke, my son,

You must guard these books with body and soul.<ref>‘body and soul’ (<span class="fryas">LIF ÀND SÉLE</span>) — ‘body’ (Dutch: ‘lijf’) can also be understood as ‘life’.</ref> They contain the history of all our folk and of our ancestors. Last year, I rescued them from the flood, together with you and your mother. But they had become wet and began to decay. So as not to lose them, I copied them on foreign paper.<ref>‘foreign’ (<span class="fryas">WRLANDISK</span>) — lit.: ‘overlandish’; ‘paper’ (<span class="fryas">PAMPÍER</span>). Accepting the possibility that the Fryas spelling, with M (‘pampier’/’pompier’), is more original than without (Dutch: ‘papier’), given that paper was also made from water-lily leaves (<span class="fryas">POMPA.BLÉDAR</span>; see [[064|'''64.21''']]), then the word ‘papyrus’, “a loanword of unknown origin” (wikipedia), may have been derived from it.</ref>

When you inherit them, you too must make a copy.<ref>‘make a copy’ (<span class="fryas">WRSKRÍVA</span>) — lit.: ‘overscribe’.</ref> And your children likewise, so that they shall never be lost.

Written in Liuwert,<ref>‘Liuwert’ — elsewhere different varieties are used (<span class="fryas">LJUD.WERD, LJUD.WARDJA</span>). In this and similar cases, a spelling close to the original is used in the translation. Current Frisian spelling: Ljouwert (Dutch: Leeuwarden); the older Fryas place names may have been located elsewhere (compare: Lutjeswaard, a sandbank southeast of Texel).</ref> in the three thousand, four hundred, and forty-ninth year after Atland sank.<ref>‘Atland’ — original spelling is maintained; elsewhere also spelled ‘Aldland’.</ref> That is in the Christian reckoning, the twelve hundred and fifty-sixth year.<ref>If the Christian year 1256<sup>th</sup> corresponds to year 3449<sup>th</sup> ‘after Atland sank’, the sinking of Atland would have occurred in 3449 - 1256 - 1st (year zero) = 2192 BCE. The 1256<sup>th</sup> year would have been the year 1255 AD or CE.</ref>

Hidde, surnamed Oera Linda.<ref>‘Oera Linda’ (<span class="fryas">OERA LINDA</span>) — short for ‘over the Linden Regions’ (<span class="fryas">OVIRA LINDA.WRDA</span>); see [[EN090.01 Adelbond|'''90.01''']] and [[EN113.23 Grievances|'''113.23''']].</ref>

Watch!<ref>‘Watch!’ (<span class="fryas">WÁK</span>) — or: ‘keep watch’, ‘(stay) awake’.</ref>

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Chapters A and B: [[AB Sandbach|Sandbach 1876]]

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