by Meinloh von Sevelingen (flourished 12th century)
Drî tugenden sint in dem lande
Language: Mittelhochdeutsch
Drî tugenden sint in dem lande, swer der eine kan begân der sol stille swîgen, und sol die merkære lân reden swaz in gevalle: sô ist er guot frouwen trût, sô mac er vil wol triuten swier wil stille und über lût. Der dâ wol helen kan, der hât der tugende aller meist. Er ist unnütze lebende, der allez sagen wil daz er weiz.
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Confirmed with Des Minnesangs Frühling, vierte Ausgabe, revised by Friederich Vogt, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1923, page 10, lines 14 - 25. Revised version of Des Minnesangs Frühling [dritte Ausgabe], ed. by Karl Lachmann und Moritz Haupt, same publisher, dated 1882.
Authorship:
- by Meinloh von Sevelingen (flourished 12th century), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Edwin Bormann (1851 - 1912) , "Minneregel" ; composed by Hans Harthan.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-09-22
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Word count: 64