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    "Tesi samanunga was edele unde scona, et omnium virtutum pleniter plena?" What group of people does this bilingual quotation refer to: medieval knights, modern politicians, beauty queens, etc.?

    Question #101027. Asked by flem-ish. (Nov 15 08 7:20 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		For the period around 1130, the sentence comes from a nunnery in Munsterbilzen in Belgian Limburg.

    Tesi samanunga vvas edele unde scona et omnium virtutum pleniter plena Tesi samanunga vvas noble unde Scona et omnium virtutum pleniter plena Der erste Teil dieses Satzes ist altniederländisch, der zweite Teil ist lateinisch. The first part of this sentence is altniederländisch, the second part is Latin.

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altniederl%25C3%25A4ndisch&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTesi%2Bsamanunga%2Bwas%2Bedele%2Bunde%2Bscona,%2Bet%2Bomnium%2Bvirtutum%2Bpleniter%2Bplena%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7SNYF

    Nov 15 08, 10:54 PM
    edmund80

    		It refers to a religious community of monks and nuns and talks about their virtue.
    The first part of the quotation is Old Flemish and the second part is Latin. It is among the oldest Dutch writings, coming from 1130.
    Roughly, it means:

    This community was noble and clean, and fulfilled all virtues.

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sijs002chro01_01/sijs002chro01_01_0014.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTesi%2Bsamanunga%2Bwas%2Bedele%2Bunde%2Bscona,%2Bet%2Bomnium%2Bvirtutum%2Bpleniter%2Bplena%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DgJa%26sa%3DG

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.onzetaal.nl/kalender/records/r2308.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTesi%2Bsamanunga%2Bwas%2Bedele%2Bunde%2Bscona,%2Bet%2Bomnium%2Bvirtutum%2Bpleniter%2Bplena%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DgJa%26sa%3DG

    Nov 15 08, 11:38 PM

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