On the OHG Isidor and Its Significance for Early German Prose Writings
George Nordmeyer
The literary register of the German-speaking peoples begins with awkward eighth-century attempts at glossing Latin texts and dictionaries, followed by sundry pieces translation mostly catechumenal character, culminating toward end century in OHG Isidor. For previous generations German philologists these earliest writing efforts vernacular were interest value primarily as attestations an early period language. Twentieth-century research, however, under vigorous leadership Georg Baesecke, has tried to assess their import for history literature first manifestations indigenous culture, modest its beginnings, tortuous course, but a potential vitality that failed realization only because unfavorable external circumstances.
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