VMs: pox leber/f116v

[fion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think that the first two words from  f116v are "pox leber".
"Leber" is German for liver and "pox", like his other alternatives (potz, 
box, botz, s.o.), is a German modification of the word "God" (Got, Gots, 
Gottes, Gotts) used in oaths (all connotations).

The only place where I found this ad literam is in  Oskar Schade's  
Satiren und Pasquille aus der Reformationszeit:

"M~Anch. Ach, das ist nichts,   wir m~Aáen hart ligen.
Edelman. Ach  daá   euch pox  leber schend!  ich bin nun den vierten tag 
in regen und wint geritten, es ist kein truckener vadem an mir, hab nie 
kein schlaf than, weiá auch nit wo ich sicher bin: hierumb bin ich vil 
beáer."

The are many similar expressions found in this text : "sommer box leber",
"box marter" s.o.

Here is a short list  of authors which make use of this kind of expressions:

Andreas Gryphus (1616-1664)- (potz) - Absurda Comica (1658)
Ayrer Jakob (1543-1605) - (box,pox) - misc. Fastnachtsspiele("Shrovetide plays")
Burkard Waldis (1495-1556) - (box) - Esopus (1548)
Erasmus Alberus (1500-1553) - (box)
Oskar Schade (1826-1906) - (box, pox, botz, potz, poz)
Sachs Hans (1494-1576) - (botz,potz)
Wickram Georg (1505-1562) - (botz) - Das   Rollwagenb~Achlin (1555)

More references may be found consulting DWB  and/or Lexer at:

http://germa63.uni-trier.de:8080/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dwb/wbgui?lemid=GA00001
and/or
http://germa83.uni-trier.de/cgi-bin/gotoMWVFirstLemma.tcl?word=wirt&wb=L


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Regards,
Florin
 


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