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'''<big>Liko Ovira-Linda</big>'''

''Letters of Instruction · B · passage b.01 · manuscript page 00b''

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="row" | Work
| Codex Oera Linda
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! scope="row" | Text type
| English translation
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! scope="row" | Translation
| [[Jan Ott|Jan Ott]], 2026
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! scope="row" | Passage reference
| b.01 — manuscript page 00b, starting at line 1
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! scope="row" | Shared passage ID (prototype)
| <code>OL:00b.01</code>
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! scope="row" | Source text
| [[FS00b.01 LIKO|Edited Fryas: LIKO]]
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! scope="row" | Manuscript and transcription
| [[00a-00b|Manuscript images and raw transcription (00a–00b)]] · [[00b-e|Edited transcription of page 00b]]
|-
! scope="row" | Other languages
| [[DE00b.01 Liko|Deutsch]] · [[ES00b.01 Liko|Español]] · [[FY00b.01 Liko|Frysk]] · [[NL00b.01 Liko|Nederlands]] · [[NO00b.01 Liko|Norsk]]
|}

'''Go to:''' [[#Translation|Translation]] · [[#Translator's notes|Translator's notes]] · [[#Continue reading|Continue reading]] · [[#Earlier English translation|Earlier English translation]]
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== Translation ==
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''Ott 2026. Note numbers link to commentary below the translation.''

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'''[[00b|b.01 [00b]]]''' My dear heirs,

For our beloved ancestors’ sake, and for the sake of our precious freedom, a thousand times I bid you — dearest<ref name="liko-1" /> — never to let the eyes of a papist stray across these writings.<ref name="liko-2" />

They utter sweet words, but they subtly distort all that concerns us Fryas. To gain rich endowments,<ref name="liko-3" /> they collaborate with the puppet kings.<ref name="liko-4" /> These know that we are their greatest enemies because we dare speak to their people of freedom, justice, and the obligations of nobility. Thus, they make certain to obliterate all traces of our ancestral heritage and what is left of our morals.<ref name="liko-5" />

My dear ones! I have visited their palace.<ref name="liko-6" /> If Wralda allows, and if we fail to make ourselves strong, they will exterminate us all.

Written in Liudwerd, year eight hundred and three in Christian understanding.<ref name="liko-7" />

Liko, surnamed Ovira-Linda.<ref name="liko-8" />

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== Translator's notes ==
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''These notes explain translation choices and offer linguistic or historical interpretation. They are commentary, distinct from the translated manuscript text.''

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<ref name="liko-1">Dear ... beloved ... precious ... dearest — in original all <span class="fryas">LJAWA/-E</span> (cognates Dutch/German: lieve/liebe).</ref>
<ref name="liko-2">papist (<span class="fryas">PÁPE.KAPPE</span>) — lit.: ''priest-cloak''; likely used as an invective, reducing the subject to an external characteristic. Possibly also ''friend of the clergy''; see ''keppe'' in Dictionary of the Dutch language ([https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=A009623&lemmodern=keppe&domein=0&conc=true WNT]). </ref>
<ref name="liko-3">endowments (<span class="fryas">PREBENDNE</span>) — a ''prebend'' is a stipend paid to a clergyman in the service of the Church.</ref>
<ref name="liko-4">puppet kings (<span class="fryas">POPPA KENINGGAR</span>) — i.e., figureheads loyal to or controlled by hidden powers, like marionettes. The West-Frisian invective ''poepe'' and even Dutch ''poep'' (English: poop) may have been derived from this use of the word.</ref>
<ref name="liko-5">morals (<span class="fryas">SÉDUM</span>) — Dutch/German: zeden/Sitten; <span class="fryas">SÉDUM</span> or <span class="fryas">SÉDA</span> can also mean ''seeds''.</ref>
<ref name="liko-6">Rulers '''[from dubious sources]''' at the time would have been: Hamacarus, Bishop of Utrecht (no historical records other than his name); Charlemagne, who would have subdued the Frisians after a three-year war (783-785); and Leo III, Pope of Rome.</ref>
<ref name="liko-7">See note about dating in [[EN00a.01 Hidde|previous chapter]]. [Add note about year 781, the traditional year of the Frisians’ Christianization.]</ref>
<ref name="liko-8">Ovira-Linda (<span class="fryas">OVIRA.LINDA</span>) — a variety of ''Oera Linda''; see note at '''[[EN00a.01 Hidde|a.01]]'''.</ref>
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== Continue reading ==
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'''Manuscript order:'''
* Previous: [[EN00a.01 Hidde|Hidde Oera-Linda]]
* Next: [[EN001.01 Assembly|Assembly in Disarray]]

'''Alternative reading order:'''
* Previous: [[EN00a.01 Hidde|Hidde Oera-Linda]]
* Next: [[EN047.06 Before|EN047.06 Before]]

[[English Translations|English chapter overview]] · [[Chapter structure|Explanation of chapter references]]

== Earlier English translation ==
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[[AB Sandbach|Sandbach 1876 — chapters A and B]]


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