I'm a West Frisian by name, Heidstra goes back as early as 1773, and my DNA profile is predominantly Scandinavian, this is fantastic research, it answers sooo many questions about my heritage, thank you!
@@henkoosterink8744 ''West Frisian'' is often used in English to refer to the Frisian spoken in the Netherlands to the west of the Lauwers. As opposed to East Frisian and North Frisian now restricted to Germany. But it is a confusing term as there is a region called West Friesland in the province of Noord-Holland...
As a Hiemstra I'm clearly of Frisian descent, but my DNA profile had Scandinavian, about 9%. So I had checked out these connections some time ago. Fun to think that I had Viking ancestors!
@@MaicoWeiteswell, the dialect of the northern side of Noord Holland has a lot Frisian Verbal words in it, sometimes i can't understand them either...but then again i'm a Batavian(batavi)😂
Trust me.... they are still vikings today. I am from groningen (north of the netherlands) what was Frisian territoy before. Ones a viking always a viking. Even we groningers still have that little frisian blood in us. Even when we joke around with them. We still have that little frisian blood in us. Even in our dialect. Oh and frisian..... its not a dialect guys. Its an language.
It was public record that the Roman empire allowed frisians to live in their land without paying Roman tribute. The only known concession to people within the Roman empire
False. They had to pay the romans with grain and other shit. But the Frisians didn't want to do that no more and hanged the 12 romans who got there to get the tax. And when the roman army came the Frisians defeated them in the forrest of (something I dont know the name anymore.) and no one knows why but Augustus (If I am correct) never sended more troops to get Frisia back
Since I live in the S.W. of England, for 3 years now, I've been fascinated by the relationship between the UK and Friesland. My mother is born in Holwerd and her family at large are all from that Northern coast of Friesland. As a child, I've listened to the Frisian language and when I started reading English books at a young age, I found that there's much similarity between Frisian and English grammar and the way it sounds. Besides, as soon as I chose my holidays in England, particularly the South Downs in Sussex and the South West, Devon and Cornwall, preferably traveling along the coast, I've begun to feel strongly connected to Britain, far more than to The Netherlands, where I was born in 1951, in Maassluis. I'm almost sure that my ancestors' genes woke up during my holidays in Britain and combined with my love for Dartmoor, it's what made me decide to leave my country of birth and live in the UK in sync with my retirement. This beautiful British island's history, the bedrock,the granite and red earth, the landscape features and geological fascinating history, plus the influence of the druids, to me still much present in Devon and Cornwall, resonates more with my soul-colours. I believe there's such a thing as clip and clear certainty where one feels at home, despite the choice of birthplace when we arrive in a physical body on planet Earth.
TeeCan Ja daarin hebt ge gelijk. Friesland grenst aan Denemarken. En de intonatie van beide talen lijkt zeer op malkander. Het friese eiland Sylt is deens. Het deense woord sild betekent haring. De Eider is de historische zuidgrens van Denemarken en grenst onmiddellijk aan Ditmarsen, een fries gebied.
I Love this story and I agree with what you say about Frisian and English (which kinda have the same root) language (I live in Mitselwier close to Holwert)
There’s a plain reason for this. Almost 2000 years ago the Frisians and Saxones went across to Northhumbria (UK) where the roots are for the English language. The Dutch language came from Frisians in combination with Frankian influence, therefore being quite differently and Frisian cannot be understood by the Dutch nowadays.
Ik ben persoonlijk erg blij met jouw onderzoek en deze video te zien. Zelf ben ik hier allang over uit, maar jij en jouw onderzoek heeft het weer helemaal aangesterkt. Dank je wel👍🏼 (Btw, mijn vader spreekr vanuit zijn friese achtergrond alle skandi talen... Het was voor hem makkelijk te leren😉)
Zelf Fries, Heb niet heel veel moeite om Deens, Zweeds en Noors te begrijpen, hangt wel van de regio af en daarmee het dialect. + dat Denen over het algemeen hun woorden inslikken, Zweden echt zingen, Noors is in mijn oren het beste te verstaan. Alle 3 de talen zijn aardig goed te lezen als Fries zijnde.
Not really actually. Frisian is the language that is most like English, which has been very latinized. I don't know why, and how, but it's a fact. Dutch and German is more Germanic sounding than Frisian, and have also more in common with Scandinavian languages than Frisian. It remains a fact though, that Magna Frisia was a Viking territory.
@@tiwaz4598 I think you mix some things up here, Frisian has never been latinized only English has. Frisian is considered closest to English because both languages are branches from the Anglo-Frisian language. Frisian became the continuation of this Germanic language branch and English became the form that mixed Anglo-Frisian with Latin. And the reason Frisian is different from Dutch and German according to linguistics is because the Frisian language didn't have a so called "middle stage" in the evolution of the language, which means that the Frisian language is closer to the original Germanic language than modern Dutch and German are.
@@Weda01 Not only was English latinized, it gained a lot of influence from local celtic languages, and also Anglo and Saxon languages. Which were closely related yet different.
I don’t see how this is a surprise. Scandinavia is super close and Vikings are just seafaring people that sailed to other countries and raided. The Dutch look more Viking than actual Scandinavians do.
What does 'look more viking' mean? Scandinavian people are blonde and tall Dutch people are blonde and tall Basically just Germanic phenotype (although Dutch had major Celtic influence, most prominently in Belgium and the southern half of the Netherlands (Brabant & Zealand)
"The principal Proto-Germanic branch of the Indo-European family tree is R1b-S21. This haplogroup is found at high concentrations in the Netherlands and north-west Germany. It is likely that R1b-S21 lineages expanded in this region through a founder effect during the Unetice period, then penetrated into Scandinavia around 1700 BCE (probably alongside R1a-L664), thus creating a new culture, that of the Nordic Bronze Age (1700-500 BCE). R1b-S21 would then have blended for more than a millennium with preexisting Scandinavian populations, represented by haplogroups I1, I2-L801, R1a-Z284. When the Germanic Iron Age started c. 500 BCE, the Scandinavian population had developed a truly Germanic culture and language, but was divided in many tribes with varying levels of each haplogroup. R1b-S21 became the dominant haplogroup among the West Germanic tribes, but remained in the minority against I1 and R1a in East Germanic and Nordic tribes, including those originating from Sweden such as the Goths, the Vandals and Lombards."
My two closest Frisian matches are: A man who died in Cambridge Britain, 1250 AD. Total DNA shared 287.24 cM, longest single chain 60.77cM. And a woman who died in Groningen 1050 AD, (I'm closer than 94% of other matching users/99% all users.) These two are close family from long ago.
My father's family came from Holm, Germany along the Elbe River. There are grave sites that start from the 9th century of my family and family tradition was that we were boat makers from the Netherlands and we settled along the Elbe River when we became farmers. My paternal haplogroup is I1, which suggest Scandinavian origins and I suspect they were Vikings.
Voor de mensen die het zich afvragen, friesland was toen ook holland,zeeland,groningen,utrecht en misschien een klein stukje brabant. Je hoef dus niet uit het huidige friesland te komen om ook friese roots te hebben.
Als een gedeelte nederland een naam heeft gekregen voor een paar jaar betekend het niet dat de personen die in dat gebied wonen ook in dit geval Fries zijn. Bijv. Toen Duitsland Nederland innam in 1940 is het niet zo dat wij nu Duitse roets hebben. Ik snap wat je bedoelt maar je had gewoon volkeren die oud Nederlands praten en niet oud Fries.
@@KoenBoyful Onwaar, tussen 700 en 1300 was het Oudfries de meest gesproken taal in de Nederlanden. De hoofdstad van Friesland was aan het begin van die periode ook Dorestad in het tegenwoordige Utrecht. De voorloper van het Nederlands (Nederfrankisch) werd voor het merendeel van deze periode enkel in Brabant, Limburg, Wallonië en enkele delen van Vlaanderen en zuid-west Duitsland gesproken. Nog enkele eeuwen nadat het Friese koningsrijk was teruggedrongen sprak de lokale bevolking in Groningen, Noord-Holland en een beetje Zuid-Holland nog Oudfries. Desondanks dat feit is aangetoond dat deze mensen alleen cultureel Fries waren, en in de meeste gebieden van Nederland waren vrijwel geen genetische Friezen te bekennen.
Het schijnt dat de grondlegger van mijn moeder's familie van Birka naar Dorestad kwam en daar bleef. Dus dit verbaast me niet echt. Het is best bijzonder dat een stamboom zo ver teruggezocht kan worden (ze waren tot 1815 van adel).
Its funny how people in the Netherlands only think the Province of Frysland was part of Frisia. Even tho in fact it was much much larger part of the Netherlands.
Magna Frisia from Belgium to Denmark along the north Sea. "In English: Fon alra fresena fridome 1 From the freedom of all Frisians 1. Thit was to there tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster ande there saxinna merik liudingerus and hera fele steric. It was at the time that King Charles began to rule. Then there was Liudingerus, a very strong gentleman in the Saxon area . 2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scrolled bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegethetian. He wanted to forcefully keep to himself the tithes that he had to legally keep for the imperial kingdom of King Charles. He also wanted to do more, he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tenth. 3. Hi bi badit efter all sine rik thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. He commanded throughout his empire that he would be called mighty king. When King Charles learned this, his mind was angry about this. 4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. He then asked the Frisians whether they wanted to resist this new king with him. The Frisians came together, on this message, they have made a good decision. 5. Thi fresa fele Sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. The very strong Frisians then went to the Saxon territories. When the Saxon lords learned this , they met the Frisians in the field. 6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3 or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Thag to tha lesta. feng ma or tha saxum heran and ridderan tha exista 4 . Then they fought so grimly, they killed the Saxons, both the poor and the rich. But in the end, the best gentlemen and knights of the Saxons were caught. 7. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere mith een Sterka mere. Ia slats se tha waldelike alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nominate sine rike They were tied very tightly with a strong rope. They then led them violently to where they learned that King Charles was in his kingdom. 8. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9 thet him thi saxinna hera all bundin 10 come. he was ande sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. When he learned that the Saxon lords all came to him bound, he was too tired, he wished the goodbye to Frisians. 9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe fellow ande win. tha fresan forin utes queen 11 howe to iher london iha come again mith halike lowe. He then took them into his palace, he gave them both wine and wine. The Frisians left the king's court , they returned to their country with high praise. 10. Thus, so I have hu ta strong sta fresa his white thene saxa tha for gen. Thus you have understood how the strong Frisians fared then against the Saxons. 11. Thit sce 12 ther after tha ta sta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi stuldlike welin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. This then happened at a time when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles. They proudly wanted to withhold the levy from the royal empire. 12. thi kening thit serlike 14 kundegia please note all sine keningrike. Iha komin all together ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. The king had this proclaimed earnestly throughout his kingdom. They all came together, they were in his kingdom, relatives and strangers. 13. Tha fresan there mere for nominated to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. Iha werin ther neat ande god wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod. When the Frisians heard of this mare, they came to the king's court unasked. They were useful and valuable there, for they had the courage of a proud lioness. 14. Iha speak ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde onlyena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomina tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gin to fara there burig stooda. They spoke there militantly for the king, they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire. They took the sharp sword in their hands, they stood before the castle. 15. Tha heran interna there burig th e ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. And ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin. When the gentlemen within the castle saw this, they went to the field to fight against the Frisians. A judgment was raised there, many a valuable warrior was knocked down there. 16. tha to there sti thesa fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde . serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. all balde se to there burg flegin. Then at that time, the Frisians started hurriedly fighting the gentlemen. The gentlemen were embarrassed to see them all, they all fled quickly to the castle. 17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha exist. The Frisians followed with determination to win the castle with strength. But in the end, they won the fortress and the best of the lords. 18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. Iha fundent and ihera 16 reason iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. The gate was closed, King Charles and his people were out there. They thought it reasonable that they wanted to give King Charles both fortress and people. 19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scrolled mith eniga god. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta 17 tha masta. The king thought to himself how he would reward the cow Frisians with some good for these mighty deeds. He gave them the most with the very first gifts. 20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi tha fresum ge then thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan. Twenty marks of fire-red gold, which the Frisians would give the emperor annually as a tax. The gift he had made to the Frisians had to last forever and ever. 21. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. In addition, he commanded that no lord would restrain them by force. Unless they wanted to do that on their own free will, they wanted to hire a gentleman. 22. thag wenik ande mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18 nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse messenger nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. But I doubt that they would accept any lord of their own will. Not only the king and his command were sufficient, he added the authority of St. Pope Gregory. 23. hi bed hit ita Pawis tha thet hi tha Fresán mitha gastelika riuchte welled bi fa. hewelike all hi to bonne se thethe ther tha fresum to any brogte Eng. He then asked the Pope to bring the Frisians under spiritual justice. He forever banned everyone who brought any need to the Frisians. 24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinion thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. There, King Charles publicly ordered the Frisians to elect new counselors every year. He put the imperial crown on their heads, so he made them shave. 25. thag ive se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit all liude mag tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge then. But if they didn't want to do that, they had to let their hair grow freely. That everyone may see that he had made them free. 26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike all thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne battle and ihera witta neck scolde him and fa ther efter moste hi knight biliwa. He then commanded them royal, all Frisians who were strong and rich, that they would receive a blow to their white neck from him. After that he had to remain a knight. 27. Wepin scrolled hi ther efter 20 drega all scone and sine scanned moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum he evelike than ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one, on his shield he had to paint the royal crown. That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever , he took kings and dukes as a witness and many other great men. 28. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike erased. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi guts. But in the end, so that the descendants would know forever, it was described in the letters, of the gifts, nothing was forgotten outside. 29. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit all liude knew thet thius ief ikeike stood scrolled. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine dog mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. The seal, which was of fire-red gold, that everyone might know that this gift would last forever. This letter was handed over to the free Frisian, with a gift and with honor he went back to his own free country. 30. Thus mugin hit all liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet the crookedlike strid fri hewet ge then. Thus everyone understands that King Charles the Frisians has released because of the powerful struggle.
Amazing how closely sounds and written are those languages, english , german frisian ...any nordic language....maybe was a time when was inly ine nation-tribe ?
When the christian chronicles were written on several parts of europe they've twisted the events beyond recognition, but still speak often about the same persons and places. In Widsith, the Edda and Beowulf f.e. you can read about an epic Frisian-Danish war and the battle of finnsburg, that might have been completely different, but surely, there is a whole tsunami of events all across the baltic and north sea, that is called pre-christian myths who were each single one written by catholic scribes and have without doubt taken place in some way or another. Today I thought what people in Achterhoek call høken, could be strangely related to the Danish king Hoc/Hoki that the Frisians supposedly dealt with in the above mentioned story and the skandinavian word hyggelig, meaning "cosy" resonates with king hygelac as well...
"Fon alra fresena fridome Of the freedom of all Frisians This was to there stunde tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster and there saxinna merik liudingerus and hera fele steric. It was at the time when King Charles began to reign. Then in the Saxon territory there was Liudingerus, a very strong lord. hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian. He wanted by force to keep for himself the tithes that he was legally obliged to keep for the imperial empire of King Charles. He also wanted to do more, he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tithes. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. He commanded in all his realm that they should call him mighty king. When King Charles heard this, his mind was angry about this. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. He then had the Frisians ask if they would resist this new king with battle. The Frisians came together, on this message, they made a good decision. Thi fresa fele Sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. The very strong Frisians then went to the Saxon areas. When the Saxon lords heard of this, they met the Frisians in the field. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3 or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Tag to tha lesta. feng ma or tha saxum heran and knightan tha besta 4 . Then they fought so fiercely, they slaughtered the Saxons, the poor as well as the rich. But in the end, the best lords and knights of the Saxons were captured. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere mith ene Sterka mere. Ia latten se tha waldelike alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike They tied them very tightly with a strong rope. They then forcibly led them to where they learned that King Charles was in his realm. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9 thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin 10 kom. it was him and sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. When he heard this that the Saxon lords were all bound to him, he was well weary, he wished the brave Frisians a good day. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe mede ande win. tha fresan forin utes Koningis 11 howe to iher londe iha come again mith halike lowe. He then took them into his palace, and gave them both mead and wine. The Frisians left the court of the king, to their land they returned with high praise. Thus have hi ur sten hu ta Sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen. Thus you have understood how the strong Frisians then fared against the Saxons. Thit sce 12 ther na to ener stunde thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi gunden stultlike weldin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. This happened afterwards at a time when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles. They proudly wanted to withhold the tax from the royal realm. thi kening thit serlike 14 kundegia let all sine keningrike. Iha come all together ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. The king had this proclaimed solemnly in all his kingdom. They all gathered together who were in his realm, relatives and strangers. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. iha werin ther neat and god wand iha drogin enir stultere laua mod. When the Frisians heard this news, they came to the king's court unasked. They were useful and valuable there, for they bore the courage of a proud lioness. Iha speakin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gegin to fara there burig stada. There they spoke warily for the king, they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire. They took the sharp sword in their hands and stood before the fortress. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. And ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there geslagin. When the lords within the castle saw this, they went to the field to fight against the Frisians. Judgment was made there, many a valuable warrior was knocked down there. tha to there stunde thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde. serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. all balde se to there burg flegin. Then at that time, the Frisians hurriedly began to fight against the lords. The lords looked painfully around them, and they all quickly fled to the castle. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta. The Frisians followed with determination, to win the castle by force. But in the end, they won the fortress and the best of the lords. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. iha fundent and ihera 16 rede iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. The gate was going to be closed, King Charles and his people were outside. They thought it logical that they wanted to give King Charles both castle and people. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta 17 tha masta. The king thought to himself how he would reward the brave Frisians with any good for these mighty deeds. He gave them the most with the very first gifts. Tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan. Twenty marks in crimson gold, which the Frisians would annually give to the emperor as a levy. The gift he had made to the Frisians had to last forever and ever. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. In doing so, he commanded imperially that no lord should subdue them by force. Unless they wanted to do it of their own free will, that they wanted to hire a lord. thag wenik and mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18 nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. But I doubt they would accept any lord of their own volition. Not only the king and his commandment were sufficient, he added the authority of Saint Pope Gregory. hi bed hit ita pawis tha thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede ther tha fresum to brogte sole nede. He then requested the Pope that he would bring the Frisians under spiritual law. Forever he banned anyone who brought any distress to the Frisians. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. There, King Charles publicly commanded the Frisians to elect new counselors every year. He put the imperial crown on their heads, so he had them shaved. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit alle liude magte tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge dan. But if they didn't want to do that, then they had to let their hair grow freely. That all may see that he had set them free. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne slag and ihera witta keel scolde him und fa ther efter moste hi knight biliwa. He then royally commanded them, all Frisians who were strong and rich, that they should receive a blow on their white neck from him. After that he had to remain a knight. Wepin scolde hi ther efter 20 drega alle scone and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one, on his shield he had to paint the royal crown. That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever, he took kings and dukes as witnesses and many other great men. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef. But in the end, so that the descendants might know it forever, it was described in the letters, of the gifts, except that nothing was forgotten. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stada scolde. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. The seal, it was of fire-red gold, that all might know that this gift would endure forever. This letter was handed over to the free Frisian, with gift and honor he went back to his own free country. Thus mugin hit alle liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan. Thus, everyone may understand that King Charles set the Frisians free because of the vigorous battle."
Fon alra fresena fridome1 Van de vrijheid van alle Friezen 1. Thit was to there stunde tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster ande there saxinna merik liudingerus en hera fele steric. Het was in de tijd dat koning Karel begon te regeren. Toen was er in het Saksische gebied Liudingerus, een erg sterke heer. 2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian. Hij wilde met geweld voor zichzelf houden de tienden die hij rechtens moest behouden voor het keizerlijke rijk van koning Karel. Ook wilde hij meer doen, hij wilde de sterke Friezen onder zijn tienden brengen. 3. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike thet ma hine heta scode koning waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. Hij gebood in heel zijn rijk dat men hem machtige koning zou noemen. Toen koning Karel dit vernam, was zijn gemoed hier toornig over. 4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha kundig duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. Hij liet toen aan de Friezen vragen of zij deze nieuwe koning met hem met strijd wilden weerstaan. De Friezen kwamen samen, op deze boodschap, hebben ze een goed besluit genomen. 5. Thi fresa fele sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. De erg sterke Friezen, gingen toen naar de Saksische gebieden. Toen de Saksische heren dit vernamen, kwamen zij op het veld de Friezen tegemoet. 6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike3 of slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Thag to tha lesta. feng ma of tha saxum heran and ridderan tha besta4. Toen vochten ze zo grimmig, men slachtte de Saksen af, zowel de arme als de rijke. Maar op het laatst, ving men van de Saksen de beste heren en ridders. 7. Iha5 band ma6 alsa sere mith ene sterka mere. Ia latten se tha waldelike alder iha7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike Men bond hen zeer vast met een sterk touw. Ze leidden hen toen met geweld, naar waar zij vernamen dat koning Karel in zijn rijk was. 8. tha8 hi thet for nom9 thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin10 kom. wel was him ande sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. Toen hij dit vernam, dat de Saksische heren allen gebonden tot hem kwamen, was hij wel te moede, hij wenste de koene Friezen goedendag. 9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe mede ande win. tha fresan forin utes koningis11 howe to iher londe iha weder kom mith halike lowe. Hij nam ze toen binnen in zijn paleis, hij schonk hun zowel mede als wijn. De Friezen verlieten het hof van de koning, naar hun land kwamen zij terug met hoge lof. 10. Aldus dus heb hi ur sten hu ta sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen. Aldus hebben jullie begrepen hoe het de sterke Friezen toen tegen de Saksen is vergaan. 11. Thit sce12 ther na to ener stunde thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida13 bi gunden stultlike weldin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. Dit geschiedde daarna op een tijd, dat de Romeinse heren tegen koning Karel begonnen te strijden. Hoogmoedig wilden zij de heffing onthouden aan het koninklijke rijk. 12. thi kening thit serlike14 kundegia let alle sine keningrike. Iha komin alle to samene ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. De koning liet dit ernstig verkondigen in heel zijn koninkrijk. Zij kwamen allen tezamen, die waren in zijn rijk, verwanten en vreemden. 13. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. Iha werin ther nette ande god wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod. Toen de Friezen deze mare vernamen, kwamen zij ongevraagd naar het hof van de koning. Zij waren daar nuttig en waardevol, want zij droegen de moed van een trotse leeuwin. 14. Iha sprekin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gegin to fara there burig stonda. Zij spraken daar strijdbaar voor de koning, zij wilden alleen vechten tegen de Romeinse heren voor het keizerlijke rijk. Zij namen het scherpe zwaard in hun handen, zij gingen voor de burcht staan. 15. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. En ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin. Toen de heren binnen de burcht dit zagen, togen zij naar het veld om tegen de Friezen te strijden. Een oordeel werd daar aangeheven, menig waardevolle strijder werd daar neergeslagen. 16. tha to there stunde thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta15 bi gunde. serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. alle balde se to there burg flegin. Toen op die tijd, begonnen de Friezen haastig tegen de heren te vechten. Pijnlijk zagen de heren om zich heen, allen vluchtten zij snel naar de burcht. 17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta. De Friezen volgden met vastberaden zin, om de burcht met kracht te winnen. Maar op het laatst, wonnen zij de burcht en de besten van de heren. 18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. Iha fundent and ihera16 rede iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. De poort ging men sluiten, koning Karel met zijn volk was daar buiten. Zij vonden het in hun rede, dat zij wilden koning Karel geven zowel burcht als lieden. 19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta17 tha masta. De koning dacht bij zichzelf hoe hij de koene Friezen voor deze machtige daden zou belonen met enig goed. Hij gaf hun met de allereerste giften het meeste. 20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan thiu moste emmer and emmer mare velika stan. Twintig marken aan vuurrood goud, die de Friezen jaarlijks de keizer als heffing zouden geven. De gift die hij de Friezen had gedaan, die moest immer en immermeer voor eeuwig bestaan. 21. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. Daarbij gebood hij keizerlijk dat geen heer hen met geweld zou bedwingen. Tenzij ze dat uit hun vrije wil wilden doen, dat ze een heer wilden aannemen. 22. thag wenik ande mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne.18 nowet19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. Maar ik betwijfel dat zij uit eigen wil enige heer zouden aanvaarden. Niet alleen de koning en zijn gebod waren voldoende, het gezag van de heilige paus Gregorius voegde hij hieraan toe. 23. hi bed hit ita pawis tha thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa. hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede ther tha fresum to brogte enige nede. Hij verzocht toen de paus dat hij de Friezen onder het geestelijk recht wilde brengen. Voor eeuwig deed hij iedereen in de ban die aan de Friezen enige nood brachten. 24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. Aldaar gebood koning Karel in het openbaar de Friezen zich jaarlijks nieuwe raadgevers te kiezen. De keizerlijke kroon zette hij op hun hoofd, daarom liet hij hen scheren. 25. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit alle liude magte tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge dan. Maar als ze dat niet wilden doen, dan moesten ze hun haar vrijelijk laten groeien. Opdat iedereen het moge zien, dat hij hen vrij had gemaakt. 26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne slag and ihera witta hals scolde him und fa ther efter moste hi ridder biliwa. Hij gebood het hun toen koninklijk, alle Friezen die sterk en rijk waren, dat zij een slag op hun witte hals van hem zouden ontvangen. Daarna moest hij ridder blijven. 27. Wepin scolde hi ther efter20 drega alle scone and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan ther hi keningan21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. Wapen zou hij daarna dragen, een hele mooie, op zijn schild moest hij schilderen de koninklijke kroon. Dat hij deze gift aan de Friezen voor eeuwig had gedaan, daartoe nam hij koningen en hertogen als getuige en menig ander groot man. 28. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef. Maar op het laatst, opdat de nakomelingen het voor eeuwig zouden weten, beschreef men het in de brieven, van de giften, daar buiten niets vergeten bleef. 29. thet22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stonda scolde. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine hond mith dole and mith harum23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. Het zegel, dat was van vuurrood goud, opdat iedereen zou weten dat deze gift voor eeuwig stand zou houden. Deze brief stelde men de vrije Fries ter hand, met geschenk en met eer ging hij weer naar zijn eigen vrije land. 30. Aldus mugin hit alle liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan. Aldus moge iedereen het begrijpen dat koning Karel de Friezen vanwege de krachtige strijd vrij heeft gemaakt.
A Roman documented Frisia 12 BC. Years later the Romans returned to find the Frisii (original people) gone. Some fled to Flanders, some to Kent, England; 400 AD (???). When the Anglo-Saxons wars broke out in England, these Frisian returned to Frisia. Apparently, they have found Frisian artifacts in Western Netherlands that date back to 1750 BC.
I heard a similar story and am still trying to piece it together. What i understand is that there have been two Frisias. The first Frisia was flooded out ( an early bout of 'Climate Change') and it's inhabitants largely dispersed. The second (present) Frisia occurred when the water subsided and the remaining survivors intermingled with Saxons and Jutes (or perhaps Angles..?) with the Frisian language governing/adopted. JMHO. A Frisian living in Canada...
@@Gloopular I did my DNA via ancestryDNA. I have English/Brit, Norwegian & Swedish DNA; small %s. I am wondering if my Brit DNA is actually from my Frisian. I have a lot more % of Northern Euro (German & whatever). 3 grandparents from N. Germany & my Pake from Friesland. 12 BC, the Romans discovered Magna Frisia. Prior to 400 AD when floods came many Frisians migrated to Kent, England & Flanders. BUT these Kent, England Frisians moved back to Friesland during the Anglo-Saxon Wars in England. Frisii are the original Frisian people. "The Frisii (Old Frisian and Old English: Frīs) were an ancient Germanic tribe living in the low-lying region between the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta and the River Ems, and the presumed or possible ancestors of the modern-day ethnic Frisians. The Frisii were among the migrating Germanic tribes that settled along the North Sea in the 4th century BC. They came to control the area from roughly present-day Bremen to Bruges, and conquered many of the smaller offshore islands. In the 1st century BC, the Frisii halted a Roman advance and thus managed to maintain their independence. In the Germanic pre-Migration Period (i.e., before c. 300 AD) the Frisii and the related Chauci, Saxons, and Angles inhabited the Continental European coast from the Zuyder Zee to south Jutland. All of these peoples shared a common material culture, and so cannot be defined archaeologically. On the east they were originally bordered by the Ampsivarii who lived at the mouth of the Ems until AD 58, at which time the Chauci expelled them and gained a border with the Frisii. The Chauci to the east were eventually assimilated by their presumed descendants the Saxons in the 3rd century. Some or all of the Frisii may have joined into the Frankish and Saxon peoples in late Roman times, but they would retain a separate identity in Roman eyes until at least 296, when they were forcibly resettled as laeti (i.e., Roman-era serfs) and thereafter disappear from recorded history. Their tentative existence in the 4th century is confirmed by archaeological discovery of a type of earthenware unique to 4th-century Frisia, called terp Tritzum, showing that an unknown number of Frisii were resettled in Flanders and Kent, likely as laeti under the aforementioned Roman coercion. The lands of the Frisii were largely abandoned by c. 400 due to Migration wars, climatic deterioration and flooding caused by sea level rise. They lay empty for one or two centuries, when changing environmental and political conditions made the region habitable again. At that time, settlers that came to be known as 'Frisians' repopulated the coastal regions. Medieval and later accounts of 'Frisians' refer to these 'new Frisians' rather than to the ancient Frisii." The Frisii were the indigenous people of the Netherlands & countries along the North Sea. When I was in Hamm visiting my mom's cousin, Heinz, I mentioned, on my dad's side, I am Frisian. Heinz told me along the North Sea in Germany are people who speak another language; Frisian. I believe this is East Frisian. North Frisian spoken in Denmark. AND don't forget the 3 groups of Frisian Islands. I read that these Frisian Germans consider themselves Frisian FIRST, German second. My dad's 2nd cousin, Roelof Boltje, dredged/made the Copacabana. Look up R. Boltje en Zonen on youtube. There are about 18 videos of him & his business. There's a plaque at the Copacabana Beach with our name on it. The nerve of the Dutch to FINALLY make the Frisian language an OFFICIAL language in 1955. Mighty white of the Dutch, ya think???!!! Frisian language is much OLDER than the Dutch language...!!!! I found out last year via AncestryDNA that I am 6% Euro Jew. I narrowed it my my dad's side; I think his Frisian dad, my pake. I was told my pake's ancestors actually immigrated into Friesland from Giethoorn around 1750 AD for the peatbogs. These people are/were called Gietersens. BUT I traced BOLTJE in Friesland about 125 years prior to the main immigration of the Gietersens into Friesland. Through research I found that Giethoorn was settled 1230 AD by fugitives from the Mediterranean area. Could they have been Jewish...???? I did find info stating that these fugitives were flagellants...YIKES...!! My surname is BOLTJE not Boltjes. However, I did find info about a man, Tjeerd (??) Boltje, who gave the surname Boltje to some of his kids & the surname Boltjes to other of his kids. Weird. I have been able to trace back to my 5 time great grandfather, Hilbrand Boltje; don't know the year. BUT have traced the surname BOLTJE to about 1625. www.tresoar.nl & www.allefriezen.nl . De Vries/De Fries (The Frieze/Fries) is the #1 Frisian surname. Dijkstra & Hoekstra; 2nd & 3rd most common Frisian surnames. My great Beppe's surname was/is Waterlander.
@@Gloopular "Fon alra fresena fridome Of the freedom of all Frisians This was to there stunde tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster and there saxinna merik liudingerus and hera fele steric. It was at the time when King Charles began to reign. Then in the Saxon territory there was Liudingerus, a very strong lord. hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian. He wanted by force to keep for himself the tithes that he was legally obliged to keep for the imperial empire of King Charles. He also wanted to do more, he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tithes. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. He commanded in all his realm that they should call him mighty king. When King Charles heard this, his mind was angry about this. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. He then had the Frisians ask if they would resist this new king with battle. The Frisians came together, on this message, they made a good decision. Thi fresa fele Sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. The very strong Frisians then went to the Saxon areas. When the Saxon lords heard of this, they met the Frisians in the field. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3 or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Tag to tha lesta. feng ma or tha saxum heran and knightan tha besta 4 . Then they fought so fiercely, they slaughtered the Saxons, the poor as well as the rich. But in the end, the best lords and knights of the Saxons were captured. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere mith ene Sterka mere. Ia latten se tha waldelike alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike They tied them very tightly with a strong rope. They then forcibly led them to where they learned that King Charles was in his realm. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9 thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin 10 kom. it was him and sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. When he heard this that the Saxon lords were all bound to him, he was well weary, he wished the brave Frisians a good day. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe mede ande win. tha fresan forin utes Koningis 11 howe to iher londe iha come again mith halike lowe. He then took them into his palace, and gave them both mead and wine. The Frisians left the court of the king, to their land they returned with high praise. Thus have hi ur sten hu ta Sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen. Thus you have understood how the strong Frisians then fared against the Saxons. Thit sce 12 ther na to ener stunde thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi gunden stultlike weldin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. This happened afterwards at a time when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles. They proudly wanted to withhold the tax from the royal realm. thi kening thit serlike 14 kundegia let all sine keningrike. Iha come all together ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. The king had this proclaimed solemnly in all his kingdom. They all gathered together who were in his realm, relatives and strangers. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. iha werin ther neat and god wand iha drogin enir stultere laua mod. When the Frisians heard this news, they came to the king's court unasked. They were useful and valuable there, for they bore the courage of a proud lioness. Iha speakin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gegin to fara there burig stada. There they spoke warily for the king, they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire. They took the sharp sword in their hands and stood before the fortress. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. And ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there geslagin. When the lords within the castle saw this, they went to the field to fight against the Frisians. Judgment was made there, many a valuable warrior was knocked down there. tha to there stunde thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde. serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. all balde se to there burg flegin. Then at that time, the Frisians hurriedly began to fight against the lords. The lords looked painfully around them, and they all quickly fled to the castle. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta. The Frisians followed with determination, to win the castle by force. But in the end, they won the fortress and the best of the lords. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. iha fundent and ihera 16 rede iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. The gate was going to be closed, King Charles and his people were outside. They thought it logical that they wanted to give King Charles both castle and people. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta 17 tha masta. The king thought to himself how he would reward the brave Frisians with any good for these mighty deeds. He gave them the most with the very first gifts. Tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan. Twenty marks in crimson gold, which the Frisians would annually give to the emperor as a levy. The gift he had made to the Frisians had to last forever and ever. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. In doing so, he commanded imperially that no lord should subdue them by force. Unless they wanted to do it of their own free will, that they wanted to hire a lord. thag wenik and mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18 nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. But I doubt they would accept any lord of their own volition. Not only the king and his commandment were sufficient, he added the authority of Saint Pope Gregory. hi bed hit ita pawis tha thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede ther tha fresum to brogte sole nede. He then requested the Pope that he would bring the Frisians under spiritual law. Forever he banned anyone who brought any distress to the Frisians. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. There, King Charles publicly commanded the Frisians to elect new counselors every year. He put the imperial crown on their heads, so he had them shaved. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit alle liude magte tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge dan. But if they didn't want to do that, then they had to let their hair grow freely. That all may see that he had set them free. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne slag and ihera witta keel scolde him und fa ther efter moste hi knight biliwa. He then royally commanded them, all Frisians who were strong and rich, that they should receive a blow on their white neck from him. After that he had to remain a knight. Wepin scolde hi ther efter 20 drega alle scone and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one, on his shield he had to paint the royal crown. That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever, he took kings and dukes as witnesses and many other great men. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef. But in the end, so that the descendants might know it forever, it was described in the letters, of the gifts, except that nothing was forgotten. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stada scolde. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. The seal, it was of fire-red gold, that all might know that this gift would endure forever. This letter was handed over to the free Frisian, with gift and honor he went back to his own free country. Thus mugin hit alle liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan. Thus, everyone may understand that King Charles set the Frisians free because of the vigorous battle."
It should be noted that the Frisii of Roman times were not Frisians. The Frisii were forced into serfdom and spread throughout the Roman empire (effectively becoming extinct), and then several centuries later the modern Frisians split off from the Saxons.
Yes Frisia was the rebuild land of the Frisii - they were refugees in Kent and Flanders etc due to the floods. They made families with Saxons or stayed in their own Frisii communities. Then they returend after the floods were over together with their Saxon families - and other Saxon and Juten settlers who were searching for new beginnings to rebuild the land and they deemed it Frisia.
The only thing I'd dispute here is how closely the Frisians abided by the laws of the Frankish rulers. They've always been independent... even when the danes settled. The system of Terps and small islands allowed them significant communal autonomy from the centralised government. This in turn allowed them to effectively do what they wanted so long as taxes were paid and they weren't raided.
i live in Vlagtwedde south east groningen. and just for fun i took a dna test a few months ago. turns out i am 46.9% danidh and 37.4% north/west european and 15.7% english. i always thought something different. but still fun to know.
Ook heb ik gehoord dat de oostzee handel meer economische voordeel bracht dan de verre kolonien later en tegelijkertijd,walvis,haring,graan etc zuivel amber e.a
Take this historic "Hard Link" to the past: Frisian coins called sceat from the year 700 seem to have the function of what Swedes call Skatt nowadays Its the same word in old english and saxon, but maybe also in geatish and other. Since countries had not been invented yet, skeat is not far away from sceaf, which is a shovel of wheat
From the edge of the north sea, all the way to Denmark was Frissia. So it remains a possibility. Only the Angles were situated between them and the rest of northern Europe.
The Anglo-Saxons lived together with Low Saxons and Frisians in East-Frisia in Germany, because the the West-Frisian terretories were often occupied by the romans. The native East-Frisians have the same genetic code of native Anglo-Saxon people in Northumbria and East-Anglia. People who speak Sater-Frisian in Germany with experinence in East-Frisian Low German dialects understand Old English, West-Frisian and Dutch without learning the other three languages. The Netherlands and English people forgotten always their real german roots from East- and North-Frisia in Germany who lived in the same areas with vikings and Anglo-Saxons. The viking settlement in Hedeby/ Haithabu in Schleswig-Holstein/Germany was a trading post for danish vikings and North-Frisians. Look this about the North-Frisian islands in Germany: ruclips.net/video/VVIk7pWCyZk/видео.html
It is the other way around, English and you in North Germany have our roots !!! Also look at the language Dutch and Low German have the same origin ...
No, I'm East-Frisian near to the Netherlands. I'm speaking East-Frisian Low German dialect, that also the Lutherian protestants spoken in the area of Gronningen in the time around the 30 Years war in Germany and the 80 years war in the Netherlands. I also speak a little bit Sater-Frisian/ Sater-Frysk, cause I live near the swamp area in Germany, where this frisian dialect alived over centuries. The most german and dutch people speaking Dutch or Low-German in the Frisian areas from the influence of the first translation of the Holy Bible from Martin Luther. He spoke High Standard German in Saxon and so this book influenced the transformation of the Frisian languages to Low German and Dutch. High German is the standard language in Germany for this reason.
Low German, is here called Neder-Saksisch, and in the Netherlands they called this a Dutch dialect... In Germany it is the other way around, there they say the same thing about Low German, namely that it is a German dialect...
I come from the middle of the country in the province Gelderland,( the Veluwe ), the language here is also original Neder-Saksisch. The people from Gelre were a period of time together with the Frisians .. Here is a beautiful warrior song, which we fought together against the Hollanders... ruclips.net/video/VwQcWa-MO_o/видео.html
I've never heard this before. A lot of East-Frisian people were working immigrants or soldiers for the protestants in the Netherlands in the 80 years war and after that. We called this people "Frieslandgänger" or "Hollandgänger". And a lot came back later as the Holländer/Dutch who cultivated the swamps and the coast in East-Frisia, like in the Netherlands. Low-German is Low-Saxon. I live here in the federal state of Niedersachsen/ Low Saxony. This state here was first founded in 1948 after 2. World War. Many Low-Saxons in Oldenburg, East-Frisia and the german Friesland (East-Frisian area,occupied by the low saxon Oldenburg) voted for another name of this federal State called Niedersachsen-Friesland (Low Saxony-Frisia) in 1948 without success. I have a frisian second name. When I visit the Netherlands, dutch people are wondering, why I'm not dutch with this name and in Germany people think, that I'm dutch with my second name, but I'm a frisian. I hate to explain this difference in both countries.
"Frisia transitions to christianity smoothly as slagroom" means first came the slag and then came the rome... "Frisia was conquered by some charlatan in 800 and forced to accept things by threat of death as usual" - But when did Dorested dissapear from the map, about 800? - those pesky vikings domme...
I'm not buying into this. Sure, there were extensive contacts between Frisians and Northmen/ Vikings. But to identify Frisians AS or WITH Vikings is too much. The Oldfrisian texts in this video clearly show Frisians do NOT identify themselves as Vikings, as they speak of Northmen, Vikings, northern kings and wild Vikings. Those are another people that are identified by the Frisians. The finds in the video do prove contacts but not identification of Frisians as Northmen, but nothing more. It would be the same to suppose in another thousand years that the Dutch identfied themselves as Sacandinavians, because they drove Volvo and Saab cars. Frisians are known to have participated in some vikingraids, like any people would draft 'foreigners' into their armed forces, nothing new there. Lastly, we know what type of vessels the Frisians built, they were no Viking-longships, but merchant vessels, THAT's what the Frisians were: traders, merchants, sailing all over Nortwestern Europe. Trading, not raiding. If anything (see the first text in the video), the Frisians were scared to death of the Vikings.
Fon alra fresena fridome1 Van de vrijheid van alle Friezen 1. Thit was to there stunde tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster ande there saxinna merik liudingerus en hera fele steric. Het was in de tijd dat koning Karel begon te regeren. Toen was er in het Saksische gebied Liudingerus, een erg sterke heer. 2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian. Hij wilde met geweld voor zichzelf houden de tienden die hij rechtens moest behouden voor het keizerlijke rijk van koning Karel. Ook wilde hij meer doen, hij wilde de sterke Friezen onder zijn tienden brengen. 3. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike thet ma hine heta scode koning waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. Hij gebood in heel zijn rijk dat men hem machtige koning zou noemen. Toen koning Karel dit vernam, was zijn gemoed hier toornig over. 4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha kundig duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. Hij liet toen aan de Friezen vragen of zij deze nieuwe koning met hem met strijd wilden weerstaan. De Friezen kwamen samen, op deze boodschap, hebben ze een goed besluit genomen. 5. Thi fresa fele sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. De erg sterke Friezen, gingen toen naar de Saksische gebieden. Toen de Saksische heren dit vernamen, kwamen zij op het veld de Friezen tegemoet. 6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike3 of slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Thag to tha lesta. feng ma of tha saxum heran and ridderan tha besta4. Toen vochten ze zo grimmig, men slachtte de Saksen af, zowel de arme als de rijke. Maar op het laatst, ving men van de Saksen de beste heren en ridders. 7. Iha5 band ma6 alsa sere mith ene sterka mere. Ia latten se tha waldelike alder iha7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike Men bond hen zeer vast met een sterk touw. Ze leidden hen toen met geweld, naar waar zij vernamen dat koning Karel in zijn rijk was. 8. tha8 hi thet for nom9 thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin10 kom. wel was him ande sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. Toen hij dit vernam, dat de Saksische heren allen gebonden tot hem kwamen, was hij wel te moede, hij wenste de koene Friezen goedendag. 9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe mede ande win. tha fresan forin utes koningis11 howe to iher londe iha weder kom mith halike lowe. Hij nam ze toen binnen in zijn paleis, hij schonk hun zowel mede als wijn. De Friezen verlieten het hof van de koning, naar hun land kwamen zij terug met hoge lof. 10. Aldus dus heb hi ur sten hu ta sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen. Aldus hebben jullie begrepen hoe het de sterke Friezen toen tegen de Saksen is vergaan. 11. Thit sce12 ther na to ener stunde thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida13 bi gunden stultlike weldin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. Dit geschiedde daarna op een tijd, dat de Romeinse heren tegen koning Karel begonnen te strijden. Hoogmoedig wilden zij de heffing onthouden aan het koninklijke rijk. 12. thi kening thit serlike14 kundegia let alle sine keningrike. Iha komin alle to samene ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. De koning liet dit ernstig verkondigen in heel zijn koninkrijk. Zij kwamen allen tezamen, die waren in zijn rijk, verwanten en vreemden. 13. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. Iha werin ther nette ande god wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod. Toen de Friezen deze mare vernamen, kwamen zij ongevraagd naar het hof van de koning. Zij waren daar nuttig en waardevol, want zij droegen de moed van een trotse leeuwin. 14. Iha sprekin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gegin to fara there burig stonda. Zij spraken daar strijdbaar voor de koning, zij wilden alleen vechten tegen de Romeinse heren voor het keizerlijke rijk. Zij namen het scherpe zwaard in hun handen, zij gingen voor de burcht staan. 15. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. En ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin. Toen de heren binnen de burcht dit zagen, togen zij naar het veld om tegen de Friezen te strijden. Een oordeel werd daar aangeheven, menig waardevolle strijder werd daar neergeslagen. 16. tha to there stunde thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta15 bi gunde. serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. alle balde se to there burg flegin. Toen op die tijd, begonnen de Friezen haastig tegen de heren te vechten. Pijnlijk zagen de heren om zich heen, allen vluchtten zij snel naar de burcht. 17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta. De Friezen volgden met vastberaden zin, om de burcht met kracht te winnen. Maar op het laatst, wonnen zij de burcht en de besten van de heren. 18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. Iha fundent and ihera16 rede iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. De poort ging men sluiten, koning Karel met zijn volk was daar buiten. Zij vonden het in hun rede, dat zij wilden koning Karel geven zowel burcht als lieden. 19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta17 tha masta. De koning dacht bij zichzelf hoe hij de koene Friezen voor deze machtige daden zou belonen met enig goed. Hij gaf hun met de allereerste giften het meeste. 20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan thiu moste emmer and emmer mare velika stan. Twintig marken aan vuurrood goud, die de Friezen jaarlijks de keizer als heffing zouden geven. De gift die hij de Friezen had gedaan, die moest immer en immermeer voor eeuwig bestaan. 21. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. Daarbij gebood hij keizerlijk dat geen heer hen met geweld zou bedwingen. Tenzij ze dat uit hun vrije wil wilden doen, dat ze een heer wilden aannemen. 22. thag wenik ande mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne.18 nowet19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. Maar ik betwijfel dat zij uit eigen wil enige heer zouden aanvaarden. Niet alleen de koning en zijn gebod waren voldoende, het gezag van de heilige paus Gregorius voegde hij hieraan toe. 23. hi bed hit ita pawis tha thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa. hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede ther tha fresum to brogte enige nede. Hij verzocht toen de paus dat hij de Friezen onder het geestelijk recht wilde brengen. Voor eeuwig deed hij iedereen in de ban die aan de Friezen enige nood brachten. 24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. Aldaar gebood koning Karel in het openbaar de Friezen zich jaarlijks nieuwe raadgevers te kiezen. De keizerlijke kroon zette hij op hun hoofd, daarom liet hij hen scheren. 25. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit alle liude magte tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge dan. Maar als ze dat niet wilden doen, dan moesten ze hun haar vrijelijk laten groeien. Opdat iedereen het moge zien, dat hij hen vrij had gemaakt. 26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne slag and ihera witta hals scolde him und fa ther efter moste hi ridder biliwa. Hij gebood het hun toen koninklijk, alle Friezen die sterk en rijk waren, dat zij een slag op hun witte hals van hem zouden ontvangen. Daarna moest hij ridder blijven. 27. Wepin scolde hi ther efter20 drega alle scone and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan ther hi keningan21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. Wapen zou hij daarna dragen, een hele mooie, op zijn schild moest hij schilderen de koninklijke kroon. Dat hij deze gift aan de Friezen voor eeuwig had gedaan, daartoe nam hij koningen en hertogen als getuige en menig ander groot man. 28. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef. Maar op het laatst, opdat de nakomelingen het voor eeuwig zouden weten, beschreef men het in de brieven, van de giften, daar buiten niets vergeten bleef. 29. thet22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stonda scolde. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine hond mith dole and mith harum23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. Het zegel, dat was van vuurrood goud, opdat iedereen zou weten dat deze gift voor eeuwig stand zou houden. Deze brief stelde men de vrije Fries ter hand, met geschenk en met eer ging hij weer naar zijn eigen vrije land. 30. Aldus mugin hit alle liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan. Aldus moge iedereen het begrijpen dat koning Karel de Friezen vanwege de krachtige strijd vrij heeft gemaakt.
In English: Fon alra fresena fridome 1 From the freedom of all Frisians 1. Thit was to there tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster ande there saxinna merik liudingerus and hera fele steric. It was at the time that King Charles began to rule. Then there was Liudingerus, a very strong gentleman in the Saxon area . 2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scrolled bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegethetian. He wanted to forcefully keep to himself the tithes that he had to legally keep for the imperial kingdom of King Charles. He also wanted to do more, he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tenth. 3. Hi bi badit efter all sine rik thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. He commanded throughout his empire that he would be called mighty king. When King Charles learned this, his mind was angry about this. 4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. He then asked the Frisians whether they wanted to resist this new king with him. The Frisians came together, on this message, they have made a good decision. 5. Thi fresa fele Sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. The very strong Frisians then went to the Saxon territories. When the Saxon lords learned this , they met the Frisians in the field. 6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3 or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Thag to tha lesta. feng ma or tha saxum heran and ridderan tha exista 4 . Then they fought so grimly, they killed the Saxons, both the poor and the rich. But in the end, the best gentlemen and knights of the Saxons were caught. 7. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere mith een Sterka mere. Ia slats se tha waldelike alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nominate sine rike They were tied very tightly with a strong rope. They then led them violently to where they learned that King Charles was in his kingdom. 8. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9 thet him thi saxinna hera all bundin 10 come. he was ande sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. When he learned that the Saxon lords all came to him bound, he was too tired, he wished the goodbye to Frisians. 9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe fellow ande win. tha fresan forin utes queen 11 howe to iher london iha come again mith halike lowe. He then took them into his palace, he gave them both wine and wine. The Frisians left the king's court , they returned to their country with high praise. 10. Thus, so I have hu ta strong sta fresa his white thene saxa tha for gen. Thus you have understood how the strong Frisians fared then against the Saxons. 11. Thit sce 12 ther after tha ta sta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi stuldlike welin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. This then happened at a time when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles. They proudly wanted to withhold the levy from the royal empire. 12. thi kening thit serlike 14 kundegia please note all sine keningrike. Iha komin all together ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. The king had this proclaimed earnestly throughout his kingdom. They all came together, they were in his kingdom, relatives and strangers. 13. Tha fresan there mere for nominated to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. Iha werin ther neat ande god wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod. When the Frisians heard of this mare, they came to the king's court unasked. They were useful and valuable there, for they had the courage of a proud lioness. 14. Iha speak ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde onlyena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomina tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gin to fara there burig stooda. They spoke there militantly for the king, they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire. They took the sharp sword in their hands, they stood before the castle. 15. Tha heran interna there burig th e ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. And ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin. When the gentlemen within the castle saw this, they went to the field to fight against the Frisians. A judgment was raised there, many a valuable warrior was knocked down there. 16. tha to there sti thesa fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde . serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. all balde se to there burg flegin. Then at that time, the Frisians started hurriedly fighting the gentlemen. The gentlemen were embarrassed to see them all, they all fled quickly to the castle. 17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha exist. The Frisians followed with determination to win the castle with strength. But in the end, they won the fortress and the best of the lords. 18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. Iha fundent and ihera 16 reason iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. The gate was closed, King Charles and his people were out there. They thought it reasonable that they wanted to give King Charles both fortress and people. 19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scrolled mith eniga god. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta 17 tha masta. The king thought to himself how he would reward the cow Frisians with some good for these mighty deeds. He gave them the most with the very first gifts. 20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi tha fresum ge then thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan. Twenty marks of fire-red gold, which the Frisians would give the emperor annually as a tax. The gift he had made to the Frisians had to last forever and ever. 21. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. In addition, he commanded that no lord would restrain them by force. Unless they wanted to do that on their own free will, they wanted to hire a gentleman. 22. thag wenik ande mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18 nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse messenger nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. But I doubt that they would accept any lord of their own will. Not only the king and his command were sufficient, he added the authority of St. Pope Gregory. 23. hi bed hit ita Pawis tha thet hi tha Fresán mitha gastelika riuchte welled bi fa. hewelike all hi to bonne se thethe ther tha fresum to any brogte Eng. He then asked the Pope to bring the Frisians under spiritual justice. He forever banned everyone who brought any need to the Frisians. 24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinion thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. There, King Charles publicly ordered the Frisians to elect new counselors every year. He put the imperial crown on their heads, so he made them shave. 25. thag ive se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit all liude mag tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge then. But if they didn't want to do that, they had to let their hair grow freely. That everyone may see that he had made them free. 26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike all thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne battle and ihera witta neck scolde him and fa ther efter moste hi knight biliwa. He then commanded them royal, all Frisians who were strong and rich, that they would receive a blow to their white neck from him. After that he had to remain a knight. 27. Wepin scrolled hi ther efter 20 drega all scone and sine scanned moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum he evelike than ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one, on his shield he had to paint the royal crown. That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever , he took kings and dukes as a witness and many other great men. 28. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike erased. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi guts. But in the end, so that the descendants would know forever, it was described in the letters, of the gifts, nothing was forgotten outside. 29. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit all liude knew thet thius ief ikeike stood scrolled. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine dog mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. The seal, which was of fire-red gold, that everyone might know that this gift would last forever. This letter was handed over to the free Frisian, with a gift and with honor he went back to his own free country. 30. Thus mugin hit all liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet the crookedlike strid fri hewet ge then. Thus everyone understands that King Charles the Frisians has released because of the powerful struggle.
I'm a West Frisian by name, Heidstra goes back as early as 1773, and my DNA profile is predominantly Scandinavian, this is fantastic research, it answers sooo many questions about my heritage, thank you!
Where can i check things like dna profile?
Heidstra is Frisian, not west Frisian.
@@henkoosterink8744 ''West Frisian'' is often used in English to refer to the Frisian spoken in the Netherlands to the west of the Lauwers. As opposed to East Frisian and North Frisian now restricted to Germany.
But it is a confusing term as there is a region called West Friesland in the province of Noord-Holland...
As a Hiemstra I'm clearly of Frisian descent, but my DNA profile had Scandinavian, about 9%. So I had checked out these connections some time ago. Fun to think that I had Viking ancestors!
@@MaicoWeiteswell, the dialect of the northern side of Noord Holland has a lot Frisian Verbal words in it, sometimes i can't understand them either...but then again i'm a Batavian(batavi)😂
Trust me.... they are still vikings today. I am from groningen (north of the netherlands) what was Frisian territoy before. Ones a viking always a viking. Even we groningers still have that little frisian blood in us. Even when we joke around with them. We still have that little frisian blood in us. Even in our dialect. Oh and frisian..... its not a dialect guys. Its an language.
Vikings destroyed Dorestad, Frisians aren't Vikings
It was public record that the Roman empire allowed frisians to live in their land without paying Roman tribute. The only known concession to people within the Roman empire
False. They had to pay the romans with grain and other shit. But the Frisians didn't want to do that no more and hanged the 12 romans who got there to get the tax. And when the roman army came the Frisians defeated them in the forrest of (something I dont know the name anymore.) and no one knows why but Augustus (If I am correct) never sended more troops to get Frisia back
@I don’t exist For tax and insurance purposes idc, leave me in the swamp while Germanics burn down rome lol
@@KoenBoyful It was the Baduhenna Forrest you rever to.
Ha! Germanic tribes righteously trampled those snobbish Romans.
Isn't the sheesh you slaughtered multiple legions fine we'll stick to the Rhine a concession to the Germanic tribes as a whole though?
Since I live in the S.W. of England, for 3 years now, I've been fascinated by the relationship between the UK and Friesland. My mother is born in Holwerd and her family at large are all from that Northern coast of Friesland. As a child, I've listened to the Frisian language and when I started reading English books at a young age, I found that there's much similarity between Frisian and English grammar and the way it sounds. Besides, as soon as I chose my holidays in England, particularly the South Downs in Sussex and the South West, Devon and Cornwall, preferably traveling along the coast, I've begun to feel strongly connected to Britain, far more than to The Netherlands, where I was born in 1951, in Maassluis.
I'm almost sure that my ancestors' genes woke up during my holidays in Britain and combined with my love for Dartmoor, it's what made me decide to leave my country of birth and live in the UK in sync with my retirement. This beautiful British island's history, the bedrock,the granite and red earth, the landscape features and geological fascinating history, plus the influence of the druids, to me still much present in Devon and Cornwall, resonates more with my soul-colours. I believe there's such a thing as clip and clear certainty where one feels at home, despite the choice of birthplace when we arrive in a physical body on planet Earth.
Frisian is very, very close to danish.
TeeCan Ja daarin hebt ge gelijk. Friesland grenst aan Denemarken. En de intonatie van beide talen lijkt zeer op malkander. Het friese eiland Sylt is deens. Het deense woord sild betekent haring. De Eider is de historische zuidgrens van Denemarken en grenst onmiddellijk aan Ditmarsen, een fries gebied.
I Love this story and I agree with what you say about Frisian and English (which kinda have the same root) language (I live in Mitselwier close to Holwert)
You should visit Northumberland. The Geordie dialect is closest to Frisian.
There’s a plain reason for this. Almost 2000 years ago the Frisians and Saxones went across to Northhumbria (UK) where the roots are for the English language. The Dutch language came from Frisians in combination with Frankian influence, therefore being quite differently and Frisian cannot be understood by the Dutch nowadays.
Ik ben persoonlijk erg blij met jouw onderzoek en deze video te zien. Zelf ben ik hier allang over uit, maar jij en jouw onderzoek heeft het weer helemaal aangesterkt. Dank je wel👍🏼 (Btw, mijn vader spreekr vanuit zijn friese achtergrond alle skandi talen... Het was voor hem makkelijk te leren😉)
Zelf Fries,
Heb niet heel veel moeite om Deens, Zweeds en Noors te begrijpen, hangt wel van de regio af en daarmee het dialect.
+ dat Denen over het algemeen hun woorden inslikken, Zweden echt zingen, Noors is in mijn oren het beste te verstaan.
Alle 3 de talen zijn aardig goed te lezen als Fries zijnde.
Frisian language sounds a lot like Scandinavian languages...
Not really actually. Frisian is the language that is most like English, which has been very latinized. I don't know why, and how, but it's a fact.
Dutch and German is more Germanic sounding than Frisian, and have also more in common with Scandinavian languages than Frisian.
It remains a fact though, that Magna Frisia was a Viking territory.
@@tiwaz4598 I think you mix some things up here, Frisian has never been latinized only English has. Frisian is considered closest to English because both languages are branches from the Anglo-Frisian language. Frisian became the continuation of this Germanic language branch and English became the form that mixed Anglo-Frisian with Latin.
And the reason Frisian is different from Dutch and German according to linguistics is because the Frisian language didn't have a so called "middle stage" in the evolution of the language, which means that the Frisian language is closer to the original Germanic language than modern Dutch and German are.
@@sanderlucioperca Intelligibility isn't all that matters.
@@Weda01 Not only was English latinized, it gained a lot of influence from local celtic languages, and also Anglo and Saxon languages. Which were closely related yet different.
No more than Englisch.That is all so logic Kelten are longer in Europa.
I don’t see how this is a surprise. Scandinavia is super close and Vikings are just seafaring people that sailed to other countries and raided. The Dutch look more Viking than actual Scandinavians do.
What does 'look more viking' mean?
Scandinavian people are blonde and tall
Dutch people are blonde and tall
Basically just Germanic phenotype (although Dutch had major Celtic influence, most prominently in Belgium and the southern half of the Netherlands (Brabant & Zealand)
The Frisian are supposed to be the tallest people in the world.
@@NH-ge4vz That is true, africa starts south of the noordoostpolder 🤣
"The principal Proto-Germanic branch of the Indo-European family tree is R1b-S21. This haplogroup is found at high concentrations in the Netherlands and north-west Germany. It is likely that R1b-S21 lineages expanded in this region through a founder effect during the Unetice period, then penetrated into Scandinavia around 1700 BCE (probably alongside R1a-L664), thus creating a new culture, that of the Nordic Bronze Age (1700-500 BCE). R1b-S21 would then have blended for more than a millennium with preexisting Scandinavian populations, represented by haplogroups I1, I2-L801, R1a-Z284. When the Germanic Iron Age started c. 500 BCE, the Scandinavian population had developed a truly Germanic culture and language, but was divided in many tribes with varying levels of each haplogroup. R1b-S21 became the dominant haplogroup among the West Germanic tribes, but remained in the minority against I1 and R1a in East Germanic and Nordic tribes, including those originating from Sweden such as the Goths, the Vandals and Lombards."
Where can i find more information about all of this?
www.stclairresearch.com/content/lineagesS21.html
On Eupedia, Patrick Shelton.
My two closest Frisian matches are:
A man who died in Cambridge Britain, 1250 AD. Total DNA shared 287.24 cM, longest single chain 60.77cM.
And a woman who died in Groningen 1050 AD, (I'm closer than 94% of other matching users/99% all users.)
These two are close family from long ago.
My father's family came from Holm, Germany along the Elbe River. There are grave sites that start from the 9th century of my family and family tradition was that we were boat makers from the Netherlands and we settled along the Elbe River when we became farmers. My paternal haplogroup is I1, which suggest Scandinavian origins and I suspect they were Vikings.
As Frysians we are very proud.
May I recommend the Tyrkir Thorkelsson playlist on the Northworthy Sagas and Stories channel here on RUclips. You will find 2 Frisian tales there.
Voor de mensen die het zich afvragen, friesland was toen ook holland,zeeland,groningen,utrecht en misschien een klein stukje brabant. Je hoef dus niet uit het huidige friesland te komen om ook friese roots te hebben.
mark scf ja dat is waar maar daar onder zit meer diverse DNA dan friesland.
Het friese volk is naar friesland teruggedreven en een groot deel van de nieuwe bewoners van nederland hebben dus niet friese roots
De meeste mensen buiten Friesland en Groningen hebben geen Friese afkomst maar meer Frankische en Saksische afkomst.
Als een gedeelte nederland een naam heeft gekregen voor een paar jaar betekend het niet dat de personen die in dat gebied wonen ook in dit geval Fries zijn. Bijv. Toen Duitsland Nederland innam in 1940 is het niet zo dat wij nu Duitse roets hebben. Ik snap wat je bedoelt maar je had gewoon volkeren die oud Nederlands praten en niet oud Fries.
@@KoenBoyful Onwaar, tussen 700 en 1300 was het Oudfries de meest gesproken taal in de Nederlanden. De hoofdstad van Friesland was aan het begin van die periode ook Dorestad in het tegenwoordige Utrecht.
De voorloper van het Nederlands (Nederfrankisch) werd voor het merendeel van deze periode enkel in Brabant, Limburg, Wallonië en enkele delen van Vlaanderen en zuid-west Duitsland gesproken.
Nog enkele eeuwen nadat het Friese koningsrijk was teruggedrongen sprak de lokale bevolking in Groningen, Noord-Holland en een beetje Zuid-Holland nog Oudfries.
Desondanks dat feit is aangetoond dat deze mensen alleen cultureel Fries waren, en in de meeste gebieden van Nederland waren vrijwel geen genetische Friezen te bekennen.
Oh I love the CK2 old gods expansion...
This was excellent! Thanks
Het schijnt dat de grondlegger van mijn moeder's familie van Birka naar Dorestad kwam en daar bleef. Dus dit verbaast me niet echt. Het is best bijzonder dat een stamboom zo ver teruggezocht kan worden (ze waren tot 1815 van adel).
Its funny how people in the Netherlands only think the Province of Frysland was part of Frisia. Even tho in fact it was much much larger part of the Netherlands.
Correction: The old Frisian empire was bigger than the current country of the Netherlands - and that is excluding the Northern part in Daneland.
Magna Frisia from Belgium to Denmark along the north Sea. "In English:
Fon alra fresena fridome 1
From the freedom of all Frisians
1. Thit was to there
tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde.
Tha waster ande there saxinna merik
liudingerus and hera fele steric.
It was at the time
that King Charles began to rule.
Then there was
Liudingerus, a very strong gentleman in the Saxon area .
2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike
tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scrolled bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike.
Ac welde hi ma duan
hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegethetian.
He wanted to forcefully keep to himself
the tithes that he had to legally keep for the imperial kingdom of King Charles.
He also wanted to do more,
he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tenth.
3. Hi bi badit efter all sine rik
thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike.
tha thi kening kerl thit under stod.
tornig was him hir umbe si mod.
He commanded throughout his empire
that he would be called mighty king.
When King Charles learned this,
his mind was angry about this.
4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan
hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan.
Tha fresen gadere komin
uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin.
He then asked the Frisians
whether they wanted to resist this new king with him.
The Frisians came together,
on this message, they have made a good decision.
5. Thi fresa fele Sterka
hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka.
Tha sassiska heran for nomin
up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin.
The very strong Frisians
then went to the Saxon territories.
When the Saxon lords learned this
, they met the Frisians in the field.
6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3
or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika.
Thag to tha lesta.
feng ma or tha saxum heran and ridderan tha exista 4 .
Then they fought so grimly,
they killed the Saxons, both the poor and the rich.
But in the end,
the best gentlemen and knights of the Saxons were caught.
7. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere
mith een Sterka mere.
Ia slats se tha waldelike
alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nominate sine rike
They were tied very tightly
with a strong rope.
They then led them violently
to where they learned that King Charles was in his kingdom.
8. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9
thet him thi saxinna hera all bundin 10 come.
he was ande sine hei
thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei.
When he learned
that the Saxon lords all came to him bound,
he was too tired,
he wished the goodbye to Frisians.
9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin
hi scanctum bethe fellow ande win.
tha fresan forin utes queen 11 howe
to iher london iha come again mith halike lowe.
He then took them into his palace,
he gave them both wine and wine.
The Frisians left the king's court
, they returned to their country with high praise.
10. Thus, so I have
hu ta strong sta fresa his white thene saxa tha for gen.
Thus you have understood
how the strong Frisians fared then against the Saxons.
11. Thit sce 12 ther after tha
ta sta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi
stuldlike welin iha thene
tins bi halda tha keninglika rike.
This then happened at a time
when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles.
They proudly wanted to
withhold the levy from the royal empire.
12. thi kening thit serlike 14
kundegia please note all sine keningrike.
Iha komin all together
ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede.
The king had this
proclaimed earnestly throughout his kingdom.
They all came together,
they were in his kingdom, relatives and strangers.
13. Tha fresan there mere for nominated
to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin.
Iha werin ther neat ande god
wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod.
When the Frisians heard of this mare,
they came to the king's court unasked.
They were useful and valuable there,
for they had the courage of a proud lioness.
14. Iha speak ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike.
Iha welde onlyena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike.
Iha nomina tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda
iha gin to fara there burig stooda.
They spoke there militantly for the king,
they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire.
They took the sharp sword in their hands,
they stood before the castle.
15. Tha heran interna there burig th e ge segin
uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin.
And ordil warth ther up ge hewin.
monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin.
When the gentlemen within the castle saw this,
they went to the field to fight against the Frisians.
A judgment was raised there,
many a valuable warrior was knocked down there.
16. tha to there sti thesa
fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde .
serlike tha heran umbe tha segin.
all balde se to there burg flegin.
Then at that time,
the Frisians started hurriedly fighting the gentlemen.
The gentlemen were embarrassed to see them
all, they all fled quickly to the castle.
17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne.
hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne.
thag uppa thet leste
wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha exist.
The Frisians followed with determination
to win the castle with strength.
But in the end,
they won the fortress and the best of the lords.
18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta
thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta.
Iha fundent and ihera 16 reason iha welde
tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude.
The gate was closed,
King Charles and his people were out there.
They thought it reasonable
that they wanted to give King Charles both fortress and people.
19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode
hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scrolled mith eniga god.
hi iof him mitha allere arista
iefta 17 tha masta.
The king thought to himself
how he would reward the cow Frisians with some good for these mighty deeds.
He gave them
the most with the very first gifts.
20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde
ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde.
thiu iefte ther hi tha fresum ge then
thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan.
Twenty marks of fire-red gold,
which the Frisians would give the emperor annually as a tax.
The gift he had made to the Frisians had
to last forever and ever.
21. ther hi ta bad kairslike
thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike.
hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua
thet se anne hera wolde und fa.
In addition, he commanded
that no lord would restrain them by force.
Unless they wanted to do that on their own free will,
they wanted to hire a gentleman.
22. thag wenik ande mine sinne
thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18
nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse messenger nogade
thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade.
But I doubt
that they would accept any lord of their own will.
Not only the king and his command were sufficient,
he added the authority of St. Pope Gregory.
23. hi bed hit ita Pawis tha
thet hi tha Fresán mitha gastelika riuchte welled bi fa.
hewelike all hi to bonne se thethe
ther tha fresum to any brogte Eng.
He then asked the Pope
to bring the Frisians under spiritual justice.
He forever banned everyone
who brought any need to the Frisians.
24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinion
thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere.
tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette
alder umbe hi se scera lette.
There, King Charles publicly ordered
the Frisians to elect new counselors every year.
He put the imperial crown on their heads,
so he made them shave.
25. thag ive se thet ne wolde nowet dua
ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa.
thet hit all liude mag tha sian
thet hi se fri hede ge then.
But if they didn't want to do that,
they had to let their hair grow freely.
That everyone may see
that he had made them free.
26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike
all thi fresa ther were sterik and rike.
thet iha anne battle and ihera witta neck scolde him and fa
ther efter moste hi knight biliwa.
He then commanded them royal,
all Frisians who were strong and rich,
that they would receive a blow to their white neck from him.
After that he had to remain a knight.
27. Wepin scrolled hi ther efter 20 drega all scone
and sine scanned moste hi melia tha kenlika crona.
thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum he evelike than
ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man.
He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one,
on his shield he had to paint the royal crown.
That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever
, he took kings and dukes as a witness and many other great men.
28. thach to lesta
hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike erased.
Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref
fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi guts.
But in the end,
so that the descendants would know forever, it was
described in the letters,
of the gifts, nothing was forgotten outside.
29. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde
hu hit all liude knew thet thius ief ikeike stood scrolled.
thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine dog
mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond.
The seal, which was of fire-red gold,
that everyone might know that this gift would last forever.
This letter was handed over to the free Frisian,
with a gift and with honor he went back to his own free country.
30. Thus mugin hit all liude for stan
thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet the crookedlike strid fri hewet ge then.
Thus everyone understands
that King Charles the Frisians has released because of the powerful struggle.
Mijn oma is gronings ben ik dan een beetje vikings?
Je kan goed horen dat de persoon die de oude text leest een Fries is
Amazing how closely sounds and written are those languages, english , german frisian ...any nordic language....maybe was a time when was inly ine nation-tribe ?
When the Norse arrived in Britain they were mutually intelligible.
When the christian chronicles were written on several parts of europe they've twisted the events beyond recognition, but still speak often about the same persons and places. In Widsith, the Edda and Beowulf f.e. you can read about an epic Frisian-Danish war and the battle of finnsburg, that might have been completely different, but surely, there is a whole tsunami of events all across the baltic and north sea, that is called pre-christian myths who were each single one written by catholic scribes and have without doubt taken place in some way or another. Today I thought what people in Achterhoek call høken, could be strangely related to the Danish king Hoc/Hoki that the Frisians supposedly dealt with in the above mentioned story and the skandinavian word hyggelig, meaning "cosy" resonates with king hygelac as well...
"Fon alra fresena fridome Of the freedom of all Frisians
This was to there stunde tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde. Tha waster and there saxinna merik liudingerus and hera fele steric. It was at the time when King Charles began to reign. Then in the Saxon territory there was Liudingerus, a very strong lord. hi welde him alsa waldlike tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike. Ac welde hi ma duan hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian. He wanted by force to keep for himself the tithes that he was legally obliged to keep for the imperial empire of King Charles. He also wanted to do more, he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tithes. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike. tha thi kening kerl thit under stod. tornig was him hir umbe si mod. He commanded in all his realm that they should call him mighty king. When King Charles heard this, his mind was angry about this. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan. Tha fresen gadere komin uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin. He then had the Frisians ask if they would resist this new king with battle. The Frisians came together, on this message, they made a good decision. Thi fresa fele Sterka hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka. Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin. The very strong Frisians then went to the Saxon areas. When the Saxon lords heard of this, they met the Frisians in the field. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3 or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika. Tag to tha lesta. feng ma or tha saxum heran and knightan tha besta 4 . Then they fought so fiercely, they slaughtered the Saxons, the poor as well as the rich. But in the end, the best lords and knights of the Saxons were captured. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere mith ene Sterka mere. Ia latten se tha waldelike alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike They tied them very tightly with a strong rope. They then forcibly led them to where they learned that King Charles was in his realm. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9 thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin 10 kom. it was him and sine hei thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei. When he heard this that the Saxon lords were all bound to him, he was well weary, he wished the brave Frisians a good day. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin hi scanctum bethe mede ande win. tha fresan forin utes Koningis 11 howe to iher londe iha come again mith halike lowe. He then took them into his palace, and gave them both mead and wine. The Frisians left the court of the king, to their land they returned with high praise. Thus have hi ur sten hu ta Sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen. Thus you have understood how the strong Frisians then fared against the Saxons. Thit sce 12 ther na to ener stunde thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi gunden stultlike weldin iha thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike. This happened afterwards at a time when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles. They proudly wanted to withhold the tax from the royal realm. thi kening thit serlike 14 kundegia let all sine keningrike. Iha come all together ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede. The king had this proclaimed solemnly in all his kingdom. They all gathered together who were in his realm, relatives and strangers. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin. iha werin ther neat and god wand iha drogin enir stultere laua mod. When the Frisians heard this news, they came to the king's court unasked. They were useful and valuable there, for they bore the courage of a proud lioness. Iha speakin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike. Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike. Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda iha gegin to fara there burig stada. There they spoke warily for the king, they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire. They took the sharp sword in their hands and stood before the fortress. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin. And ordil warth ther up ge hewin. monig diore wigand warth nither tha there geslagin. When the lords within the castle saw this, they went to the field to fight against the Frisians. Judgment was made there, many a valuable warrior was knocked down there. tha to there stunde thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde. serlike tha heran umbe tha segin. all balde se to there burg flegin. Then at that time, the Frisians hurriedly began to fight against the lords. The lords looked painfully around them, and they all quickly fled to the castle. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne. hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne. thag uppa thet leste wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta. The Frisians followed with determination, to win the castle by force. But in the end, they won the fortress and the best of the lords. tha porta gundtma bi sluta thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta. iha fundent and ihera 16 rede iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude. The gate was going to be closed, King Charles and his people were outside. They thought it logical that they wanted to give King Charles both castle and people. thi kening thogte ande sine mode hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode. hi iof him mitha allere arista iefta 17 tha masta. The king thought to himself how he would reward the brave Frisians with any good for these mighty deeds. He gave them the most with the very first gifts. Tuintech merka fon brondrada golde ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde. thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan. Twenty marks in crimson gold, which the Frisians would annually give to the emperor as a levy. The gift he had made to the Frisians had to last forever and ever. ther hi ta bad kairslike thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike. hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua thet se anne hera wolde und fa. In doing so, he commanded imperially that no lord should subdue them by force. Unless they wanted to do it of their own free will, that they wanted to hire a lord. thag wenik and mine sinne thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18 nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade. But I doubt they would accept any lord of their own volition. Not only the king and his commandment were sufficient, he added the authority of Saint Pope Gregory. hi bed hit ita pawis tha thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede ther tha fresum to brogte sole nede. He then requested the Pope that he would bring the Frisians under spiritual law. Forever he banned anyone who brought any distress to the Frisians. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere. tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette alder umbe hi se scera lette. There, King Charles publicly commanded the Frisians to elect new counselors every year. He put the imperial crown on their heads, so he had them shaved. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa. thet hit alle liude magte tha sian thet hi se fri hede ge dan. But if they didn't want to do that, then they had to let their hair grow freely. That all may see that he had set them free. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike. thet iha anne slag and ihera witta keel scolde him und fa ther efter moste hi knight biliwa. He then royally commanded them, all Frisians who were strong and rich, that they should receive a blow on their white neck from him. After that he had to remain a knight. Wepin scolde hi ther efter 20 drega alle scone and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona. thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man. He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one, on his shield he had to paint the royal crown. That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever, he took kings and dukes as witnesses and many other great men. thach to lesta hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste. Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef. But in the end, so that the descendants might know it forever, it was described in the letters, of the gifts, except that nothing was forgotten. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stada scolde. thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond. The seal, it was of fire-red gold, that all might know that this gift would endure forever. This letter was handed over to the free Frisian, with gift and honor he went back to his own free country. Thus mugin hit alle liude for stan thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan. Thus, everyone may understand that King Charles set the Frisians free because of the vigorous battle."
Fon alra fresena fridome1
Van de vrijheid van alle Friezen
1. Thit was to there stunde
tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde.
Tha waster ande there saxinna merik
liudingerus en hera fele steric.
Het was in de tijd
dat koning Karel begon te regeren.
Toen was er in het Saksische gebied
Liudingerus, een erg sterke heer.
2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike
tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica2 rike.
Ac welde hi ma duan
hi welde tha sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian.
Hij wilde met geweld voor zichzelf houden
de tienden die hij rechtens moest behouden voor het keizerlijke rijk van koning Karel.
Ook wilde hij meer doen,
hij wilde de sterke Friezen onder zijn tienden brengen.
3. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike
thet ma hine heta scode koning waldelike.
tha thi kening kerl thit under stod.
tornig was him hir umbe si mod.
Hij gebood in heel zijn rijk
dat men hem machtige koning zou noemen.
Toen koning Karel dit vernam,
was zijn gemoed hier toornig over.
4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha kundig duan
hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan.
Tha fresen gadere komin
uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin.
Hij liet toen aan de Friezen vragen
of zij deze nieuwe koning met hem met strijd wilden weerstaan.
De Friezen kwamen samen,
op deze boodschap, hebben ze een goed besluit genomen.
5. Thi fresa fele sterka
hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka.
Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin
up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin.
De erg sterke Friezen,
gingen toen naar de Saksische gebieden.
Toen de Saksische heren dit vernamen,
kwamen zij op het veld de Friezen tegemoet.
6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike3
of slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika.
Thag to tha lesta.
feng ma of tha saxum heran and ridderan tha besta4.
Toen vochten ze zo grimmig,
men slachtte de Saksen af, zowel de arme als de rijke.
Maar op het laatst,
ving men van de Saksen de beste heren en ridders.
7. Iha5 band ma6 alsa sere
mith ene sterka mere.
Ia latten se tha waldelike
alder iha7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike
Men bond hen zeer vast
met een sterk touw.
Ze leidden hen toen met geweld,
naar waar zij vernamen dat koning Karel in zijn rijk was.
8. tha8 hi thet for nom9
thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin10 kom.
wel was him ande sine hei
thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei.
Toen hij dit vernam,
dat de Saksische heren allen gebonden tot hem kwamen,
was hij wel te moede,
hij wenste de koene Friezen goedendag.
9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin
hi scanctum bethe mede ande win.
tha fresan forin utes koningis11 howe
to iher londe iha weder kom mith halike lowe.
Hij nam ze toen binnen in zijn paleis,
hij schonk hun zowel mede als wijn.
De Friezen verlieten het hof van de koning,
naar hun land kwamen zij terug met hoge lof.
10. Aldus dus heb hi ur sten
hu ta sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen.
Aldus hebben jullie begrepen
hoe het de sterke Friezen toen tegen de Saksen is vergaan.
11. Thit sce12 ther na to ener stunde
thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida13 bi gunden
stultlike weldin iha
thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike.
Dit geschiedde daarna op een tijd,
dat de Romeinse heren tegen koning Karel begonnen te strijden.
Hoogmoedig wilden zij
de heffing onthouden aan het koninklijke rijk.
12. thi kening thit serlike14
kundegia let alle sine keningrike.
Iha komin alle to samene
ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede.
De koning liet dit ernstig
verkondigen in heel zijn koninkrijk.
Zij kwamen allen tezamen,
die waren in zijn rijk, verwanten en vreemden.
13. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin
to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin.
Iha werin ther nette ande god
wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod.
Toen de Friezen deze mare vernamen,
kwamen zij ongevraagd naar het hof van de koning.
Zij waren daar nuttig en waardevol,
want zij droegen de moed van een trotse leeuwin.
14. Iha sprekin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike.
Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike.
Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda
iha gegin to fara there burig stonda.
Zij spraken daar strijdbaar voor de koning,
zij wilden alleen vechten tegen de Romeinse heren voor het keizerlijke rijk.
Zij namen het scherpe zwaard in hun handen,
zij gingen voor de burcht staan.
15. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin
uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin.
En ordil warth ther up ge hewin.
monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin.
Toen de heren binnen de burcht dit zagen,
togen zij naar het veld om tegen de Friezen te strijden.
Een oordeel werd daar aangeheven,
menig waardevolle strijder werd daar neergeslagen.
16. tha to there stunde
thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta15 bi gunde.
serlike tha heran umbe tha segin.
alle balde se to there burg flegin.
Toen op die tijd,
begonnen de Friezen haastig tegen de heren te vechten.
Pijnlijk zagen de heren om zich heen,
allen vluchtten zij snel naar de burcht.
17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne.
hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne.
thag uppa thet leste
wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta.
De Friezen volgden met vastberaden zin,
om de burcht met kracht te winnen.
Maar op het laatst,
wonnen zij de burcht en de besten van de heren.
18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta
thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta.
Iha fundent and ihera16 rede
iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude.
De poort ging men sluiten,
koning Karel met zijn volk was daar buiten.
Zij vonden het in hun rede,
dat zij wilden koning Karel geven zowel burcht als lieden.
19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode
hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode.
hi iof him mitha allere arista
iefta17 tha masta.
De koning dacht bij zichzelf
hoe hij de koene Friezen voor deze machtige daden zou belonen met enig goed.
Hij gaf hun met de allereerste
giften het meeste.
20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde
ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde.
thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan
thiu moste emmer and emmer mare velika stan.
Twintig marken aan vuurrood goud,
die de Friezen jaarlijks de keizer als heffing zouden geven.
De gift die hij de Friezen had gedaan,
die moest immer en immermeer voor eeuwig bestaan.
21. ther hi ta bad kairslike
thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike.
hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua
thet se anne hera wolde und fa.
Daarbij gebood hij keizerlijk
dat geen heer hen met geweld zou bedwingen.
Tenzij ze dat uit hun vrije wil wilden doen,
dat ze een heer wilden aannemen.
22. thag wenik ande mine sinne
thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne.18
nowet19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade
thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade.
Maar ik betwijfel
dat zij uit eigen wil enige heer zouden aanvaarden.
Niet alleen de koning en zijn gebod waren voldoende,
het gezag van de heilige paus Gregorius voegde hij hieraan toe.
23. hi bed hit ita pawis tha
thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa.
hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede
ther tha fresum to brogte enige nede.
Hij verzocht toen de paus
dat hij de Friezen onder het geestelijk recht wilde brengen.
Voor eeuwig deed hij iedereen in de ban
die aan de Friezen enige nood brachten.
24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere
thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere.
tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette
alder umbe hi se scera lette.
Aldaar gebood koning Karel in het openbaar
de Friezen zich jaarlijks nieuwe raadgevers te kiezen.
De keizerlijke kroon zette hij op hun hoofd,
daarom liet hij hen scheren.
25. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua
ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa.
thet hit alle liude magte tha sian
thet hi se fri hede ge dan.
Maar als ze dat niet wilden doen,
dan moesten ze hun haar vrijelijk laten groeien.
Opdat iedereen het moge zien,
dat hij hen vrij had gemaakt.
26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike
alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike.
thet iha anne slag and ihera witta hals scolde him und fa
ther efter moste hi ridder biliwa.
Hij gebood het hun toen koninklijk,
alle Friezen die sterk en rijk waren,
dat zij een slag op hun witte hals van hem zouden ontvangen.
Daarna moest hij ridder blijven.
27. Wepin scolde hi ther efter20 drega alle scone
and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona.
thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan
ther hi keningan21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man.
Wapen zou hij daarna dragen, een hele mooie,
op zijn schild moest hij schilderen de koninklijke kroon.
Dat hij deze gift aan de Friezen voor eeuwig had gedaan,
daartoe nam hij koningen en hertogen als getuige en menig ander groot man.
28. thach to lesta
hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste.
Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref
fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef.
Maar op het laatst,
opdat de nakomelingen het voor eeuwig zouden weten,
beschreef men het in de brieven,
van de giften, daar buiten niets vergeten bleef.
29. thet22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde
hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stonda scolde.
thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine hond
mith dole and mith harum23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond.
Het zegel, dat was van vuurrood goud,
opdat iedereen zou weten dat deze gift voor eeuwig stand zou houden.
Deze brief stelde men de vrije Fries ter hand,
met geschenk en met eer ging hij weer naar zijn eigen vrije land.
30. Aldus mugin hit alle liude for stan
thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan.
Aldus moge iedereen het begrijpen
dat koning Karel de Friezen vanwege de krachtige strijd vrij heeft gemaakt.
Ik kan helemaal verstaan
Gefeliciteerd.
Tankewol -Mellema
A Roman documented Frisia 12 BC. Years later the Romans returned to find the Frisii (original people) gone. Some fled to Flanders, some to Kent, England; 400 AD (???). When the Anglo-Saxons wars broke out in England, these Frisian returned to Frisia. Apparently, they have found Frisian artifacts in Western Netherlands that date back to 1750 BC.
I heard a similar story and am still trying to piece it together. What i understand is that there have been two Frisias. The first Frisia was flooded out ( an early bout of 'Climate Change') and it's inhabitants largely dispersed. The second (present) Frisia occurred when the water subsided and the remaining survivors intermingled with Saxons and Jutes (or perhaps Angles..?) with the Frisian language governing/adopted. JMHO. A Frisian living in Canada...
@@Gloopular I did my DNA via ancestryDNA. I have English/Brit, Norwegian & Swedish DNA; small %s. I am wondering if my Brit DNA is actually from my Frisian. I have a lot more % of Northern Euro (German & whatever). 3 grandparents from N. Germany & my Pake from Friesland.
12 BC, the Romans discovered Magna Frisia. Prior to 400 AD when floods came many Frisians migrated to Kent, England & Flanders. BUT these Kent, England Frisians moved back to Friesland during the Anglo-Saxon Wars in England. Frisii are the original Frisian people.
"The Frisii (Old Frisian and Old English: Frīs) were an ancient Germanic tribe living in the low-lying region between the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta and the River Ems, and the presumed or possible ancestors of the modern-day ethnic Frisians.
The Frisii were among the migrating Germanic tribes that settled along the North Sea in the 4th century BC. They came to control the area from roughly present-day Bremen to Bruges, and conquered many of the smaller offshore islands. In the 1st century BC, the Frisii halted a Roman advance and thus managed to maintain their independence. In the Germanic pre-Migration Period (i.e., before c. 300 AD) the Frisii and the related Chauci, Saxons, and Angles inhabited the Continental European coast from the Zuyder Zee to south Jutland. All of these peoples shared a common material culture, and so cannot be defined archaeologically. On the east they were originally bordered by the Ampsivarii who lived at the mouth of the Ems until AD 58, at which time the Chauci expelled them and gained a border with the Frisii.
The Chauci to the east were eventually assimilated by their presumed descendants the Saxons in the 3rd century. Some or all of the Frisii may have joined into the Frankish and Saxon peoples in late Roman times, but they would retain a separate identity in Roman eyes until at least 296, when they were forcibly resettled as laeti (i.e., Roman-era serfs) and thereafter disappear from recorded history. Their tentative existence in the 4th century is confirmed by archaeological discovery of a type of earthenware unique to 4th-century Frisia, called terp Tritzum, showing that an unknown number of Frisii were resettled in Flanders and Kent, likely as laeti under the aforementioned Roman coercion.
The lands of the Frisii were largely abandoned by c. 400 due to Migration wars, climatic deterioration and flooding caused by sea level rise. They lay empty for one or two centuries, when changing environmental and political conditions made the region habitable again. At that time, settlers that came to be known as 'Frisians' repopulated the coastal regions. Medieval and later accounts of 'Frisians' refer to these 'new Frisians' rather than to the ancient Frisii."
The Frisii were the indigenous people of the Netherlands & countries along the North Sea.
When I was in Hamm visiting my mom's cousin, Heinz, I mentioned, on my dad's side, I am Frisian. Heinz told me along the North Sea in Germany are people who speak another language; Frisian. I believe this is East Frisian. North Frisian spoken in Denmark. AND don't forget the 3 groups of Frisian Islands. I read that these Frisian Germans consider themselves Frisian FIRST, German second.
My dad's 2nd cousin, Roelof Boltje, dredged/made the Copacabana. Look up R. Boltje en Zonen on youtube. There are about 18 videos of him & his business. There's a plaque at the Copacabana Beach with our name on it.
The nerve of the Dutch to FINALLY make the Frisian language an OFFICIAL language in 1955. Mighty white of the Dutch, ya think???!!! Frisian language is much OLDER than the Dutch language...!!!!
I found out last year via AncestryDNA that I am 6% Euro Jew. I narrowed it my my dad's side; I think his Frisian dad, my pake. I was told my pake's ancestors actually immigrated into Friesland from Giethoorn around 1750 AD for the peatbogs. These people are/were called Gietersens. BUT I traced BOLTJE in Friesland about 125 years prior to the main immigration of the Gietersens into Friesland. Through research I found that Giethoorn was settled 1230 AD by fugitives from the Mediterranean area. Could they have been Jewish...???? I did find info stating that these fugitives were flagellants...YIKES...!!
My surname is BOLTJE not Boltjes. However, I did find info about a man, Tjeerd (??) Boltje, who gave the surname Boltje to some of his kids & the surname Boltjes to other of his kids. Weird. I have been able to trace back to my 5 time great grandfather, Hilbrand Boltje; don't know the year. BUT have traced the surname BOLTJE to about 1625. www.tresoar.nl & www.allefriezen.nl .
De Vries/De Fries (The Frieze/Fries) is the #1 Frisian surname. Dijkstra & Hoekstra; 2nd & 3rd most common Frisian surnames. My great Beppe's surname was/is Waterlander.
@@Gloopular "Fon alra fresena fridome
Of the freedom of all Frisians
This was to there stunde
tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde.
Tha waster and there saxinna merik
liudingerus and hera fele steric.
It was at the time
when King Charles began to reign.
Then in the Saxon territory there was
Liudingerus, a very strong lord.
hi welde him alsa waldlike
tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike.
Ac welde hi ma duan
hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian.
He wanted by force to keep for himself
the tithes that he was legally obliged to keep for the imperial empire of King Charles.
He also wanted to do more,
he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tithes.
Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike
thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike.
tha thi kening kerl thit under stod.
tornig was him hir umbe si mod.
He commanded in all his realm
that they should call him mighty king.
When King Charles heard this,
his mind was angry about this.
Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan
hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan.
Tha fresen gadere komin
uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin.
He then had the Frisians ask
if they would resist this new king with battle.
The Frisians came together,
on this message, they made a good decision.
Thi fresa fele Sterka
hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka.
Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin
up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin.
The very strong Frisians
then went to the Saxon areas.
When the Saxon lords heard of this,
they met the Frisians in the field.
Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3
or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika.
Tag to tha lesta.
feng ma or tha saxum heran and knightan tha besta 4 .
Then they fought so fiercely,
they slaughtered the Saxons, the poor as well as the rich.
But in the end,
the best lords and knights of the Saxons were captured.
Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere
mith ene Sterka mere.
Ia latten se tha waldelike
alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike
They tied them very tightly
with a strong rope.
They then forcibly led them
to where they learned that King Charles was in his realm.
tha 8 hi thet for nom 9
thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin 10 kom.
it was him and sine hei
thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei.
When he heard this
that the Saxon lords were all bound to him,
he was well weary,
he wished the brave Frisians a good day.
Hi nom se tha ande palas sin
hi scanctum bethe mede ande win.
tha fresan forin utes Koningis 11 howe
to iher londe iha come again mith halike lowe.
He then took them into his palace,
and gave them both mead and wine.
The Frisians left the court of the king,
to their land they returned with high praise.
Thus have hi ur sten
hu ta Sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen.
Thus you have understood
how the strong Frisians then fared against the Saxons.
Thit sce 12 ther na to ener stunde
thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi
gunden stultlike weldin iha thene
tins bi halda tha keninglika rike.
This happened afterwards at a time
when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles.
They proudly wanted to
withhold the tax from the royal realm.
thi kening thit serlike 14
kundegia let all sine keningrike.
Iha come all together
ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede.
The king had this
proclaimed solemnly in all his kingdom.
They all gathered together
who were in his realm, relatives and strangers.
Tha fresan thit mere for nomin
to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin.
iha werin ther neat and god
wand iha drogin enir stultere laua mod.
When the Frisians heard this news,
they came to the king's court unasked.
They were useful and valuable there,
for they bore the courage of a proud lioness.
Iha speakin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike.
Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike.
Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda
iha gegin to fara there burig stada.
There they spoke warily for the king,
they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire.
They took the sharp sword in their hands and
stood before the fortress.
Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin
uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin.
And ordil warth ther up ge hewin.
monig diore wigand warth nither tha there geslagin.
When the lords within the castle saw this,
they went to the field to fight against the Frisians.
Judgment was made there,
many a valuable warrior was knocked down there.
tha to there stunde
thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde.
serlike tha heran umbe tha segin.
all balde se to there burg flegin.
Then at that time,
the Frisians hurriedly began to fight against the lords.
The lords looked painfully around them, and
they all quickly fled to the castle.
thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne.
hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne.
thag uppa thet leste
wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta.
The Frisians followed with determination,
to win the castle by force.
But in the end,
they won the fortress and the best of the lords.
tha porta gundtma bi sluta
thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta.
iha fundent and ihera 16 rede
iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude.
The gate was going to be closed,
King Charles and his people were outside.
They thought it logical
that they wanted to give King Charles both castle and people.
thi kening thogte ande sine mode
hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode.
hi iof him mitha allere arista
iefta 17 tha masta.
The king thought to himself
how he would reward the brave Frisians with any good for these mighty deeds.
He gave them
the most with the very first gifts.
Tuintech merka fon brondrada golde
ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde.
thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan
thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan.
Twenty marks in crimson gold,
which the Frisians would annually give to the emperor as a levy.
The gift he had made to the Frisians had
to last forever and ever.
ther hi ta bad kairslike
thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike.
hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua
thet se anne hera wolde und fa.
In doing so, he commanded imperially
that no lord should subdue them by force.
Unless they wanted to do it of their own free will,
that they wanted to hire a lord.
thag wenik and mine sinne
thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18
nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade
thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade.
But I doubt
they would accept any lord of their own volition.
Not only the king and his commandment were sufficient,
he added the authority of Saint Pope Gregory.
hi bed hit ita pawis tha
thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa
hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede
ther tha fresum to brogte sole nede.
He then requested the Pope
that he would bring the Frisians under spiritual law.
Forever he banned anyone
who brought any distress to the Frisians.
Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere
thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere.
tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette
alder umbe hi se scera lette.
There, King Charles publicly commanded
the Frisians to elect new counselors every year.
He put the imperial crown on their heads,
so he had them shaved.
thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua
ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa.
thet hit alle liude magte tha sian
thet hi se fri hede ge dan.
But if they didn't want to do that,
then they had to let their hair grow freely.
That all may see
that he had set them free.
hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike
alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike.
thet iha anne slag and ihera witta keel scolde him und fa
ther efter moste hi knight biliwa.
He then royally commanded them,
all Frisians who were strong and rich,
that they should receive a blow on their white neck from him.
After that he had to remain a knight.
Wepin scolde hi ther efter 20 drega alle scone
and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona.
thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan
ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man.
He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one,
on his shield he had to paint the royal crown.
That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever,
he took kings and dukes as witnesses and many other great men.
thach to lesta
hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste.
Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref
fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef.
But in the end,
so that the descendants might know it forever, it
was described in the letters,
of the gifts, except that nothing was forgotten.
thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde
hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stada scolde.
thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine
mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond.
The seal, it was of fire-red gold,
that all might know that this gift would endure forever.
This letter was handed over to the free Frisian,
with gift and honor he went back to his own free country.
Thus mugin hit alle liude for stan
thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan.
Thus, everyone may understand
that King Charles set the Frisians free because of the vigorous battle."
It should be noted that the Frisii of Roman times were not Frisians. The Frisii were forced into serfdom and spread throughout the Roman empire (effectively becoming extinct), and then several centuries later the modern Frisians split off from the Saxons.
Yes Frisia was the rebuild land of the Frisii - they were refugees in Kent and Flanders etc due to the floods. They made families with Saxons or stayed in their own Frisii communities. Then they returend after the floods were over together with their Saxon families - and other Saxon and Juten settlers who were searching for new beginnings to rebuild the land and they deemed it Frisia.
would've been nice if the voiceover was narrating in Frisian as well.
The only thing I'd dispute here is how closely the Frisians abided by the laws of the Frankish rulers. They've always been independent... even when the danes settled.
The system of Terps and small islands allowed them significant communal autonomy from the centralised government. This in turn allowed them to effectively do what they wanted so long as taxes were paid and they weren't raided.
i live in Vlagtwedde south east groningen. and just for fun i took a dna test a few months ago.
turns out i am 46.9% danidh and 37.4% north/west european and 15.7% english. i always thought something different.
but still fun to know.
Nice, i got 60% nowegian lmao.
Sterenborg is also really a scandinavian name lol
@@MokerPrankzzz really?
Ik was wel nieuwsgierig waar de teksten in het filmpje weg (=vandaan ) komen. Overal zie ik bronvermelding, maar niet van de tekst.
Audi de uictoria Fresonum
Ook heb ik gehoord dat de oostzee handel meer economische voordeel bracht dan de verre kolonien later en tegelijkertijd,walvis,haring,graan etc zuivel amber e.a
Dat klopt, maar dat is bijna duizend jaar later ;)
Take this historic "Hard Link" to the past: Frisian coins called sceat from the year 700 seem to have the function of what Swedes call Skatt nowadays Its the same word in old english and saxon, but maybe also in geatish and other. Since countries had not been invented yet, skeat is not far away from sceaf, which is a shovel of wheat
The modern dutch word 'schat' comes from Sceatta. Schat nowadays means treasure in Dutch. Although the Frisian word for treasure is treasoar.
Which language is this video narrated in?
Vlad Ureche dutch
Old norweigian
Sir Galahad old Frisian and Norse are the languages of the texts the man reads.
From the edge of the north sea, all the way to Denmark was Frissia. So it remains a possibility. Only the Angles were situated between them and the rest of northern Europe.
Sir Galahad
Oud Fries
Ik kan de ondertiteling niet uitschakelen.
Ondertiteling leidt de aandacht af.
Ik wist niet dat friesen vikingen waren geweezt maar het klinkt wel logisch frisia friesen
Let's goooo
The Anglo-Saxons lived together with Low Saxons and Frisians in East-Frisia in Germany, because the the West-Frisian terretories were often occupied by the romans. The native East-Frisians have the same genetic code of native Anglo-Saxon people in Northumbria and East-Anglia. People who speak Sater-Frisian in Germany with experinence in East-Frisian Low German dialects understand Old English, West-Frisian and Dutch without learning the other three languages. The Netherlands and English people forgotten always their real german roots from East- and North-Frisia in Germany who lived in the same areas with vikings and Anglo-Saxons. The viking settlement in Hedeby/ Haithabu in Schleswig-Holstein/Germany was a trading post for danish vikings and North-Frisians. Look this about the North-Frisian islands in Germany: ruclips.net/video/VVIk7pWCyZk/видео.html
It is the other way around, English and you in North Germany have our roots !!!
Also look at the language Dutch and Low German have the same origin ...
No, I'm East-Frisian near to the Netherlands. I'm speaking East-Frisian Low German dialect, that also the Lutherian protestants spoken in the area of Gronningen in the time around the 30 Years war in Germany and the 80 years war in the Netherlands. I also speak a little bit Sater-Frisian/ Sater-Frysk, cause I live near the swamp area in Germany, where this frisian dialect alived over centuries. The most german and dutch people speaking Dutch or Low-German in the Frisian areas from the influence of the first translation of the Holy Bible from Martin Luther. He spoke High Standard German in Saxon and so this book influenced the transformation of the Frisian languages to Low German and Dutch. High German is the standard language in Germany for this reason.
Low German, is here called Neder-Saksisch, and in the Netherlands they called this a Dutch dialect...
In Germany it is the other way around, there they say the same thing about Low German, namely that it is a German dialect...
I come from the middle of the country in the province Gelderland,( the Veluwe ), the language here is also original Neder-Saksisch.
The people from Gelre were a period of time together with the Frisians ..
Here is a beautiful warrior song, which we fought together against the Hollanders...
ruclips.net/video/VwQcWa-MO_o/видео.html
I've never heard this before. A lot of East-Frisian people were working immigrants or soldiers for the protestants in the Netherlands in the 80 years war and after that. We called this people "Frieslandgänger" or "Hollandgänger". And a lot came back later as the Holländer/Dutch who cultivated the swamps and the coast in East-Frisia, like in the Netherlands. Low-German is Low-Saxon. I live here in the federal state of Niedersachsen/ Low Saxony. This state here was first founded in 1948 after 2. World War. Many Low-Saxons in Oldenburg, East-Frisia and the german Friesland (East-Frisian area,occupied by the low saxon Oldenburg) voted for another name of this federal State called Niedersachsen-Friesland (Low Saxony-Frisia) in 1948 without success. I have a frisian second name. When I visit the Netherlands, dutch people are wondering, why I'm not dutch with this name and in Germany people think, that I'm dutch with my second name, but I'm a frisian. I hate to explain this difference in both countries.
make Germania great again....
Het klinkt een beetje op gronings en Fries samen
"Frisia transitions to christianity smoothly as slagroom" means first came the slag and then came the rome... "Frisia was conquered by some charlatan in 800 and forced to accept things by threat of death as usual" - But when did Dorested dissapear from the map, about 800? - those pesky vikings domme...
Friezen waren Vikingers al voor de Vikingtijd..
I'm not buying into this. Sure, there were extensive contacts between Frisians and Northmen/ Vikings. But to identify Frisians AS or WITH Vikings is too much. The Oldfrisian texts in this video clearly show Frisians do NOT identify themselves as Vikings, as they speak of Northmen, Vikings, northern kings and wild Vikings. Those are another people that are identified by the Frisians.
The finds in the video do prove contacts but not identification of Frisians as Northmen, but nothing more. It would be the same to suppose in another thousand years that the Dutch identfied themselves as Sacandinavians, because they drove Volvo and Saab cars.
Frisians are known to have participated in some vikingraids, like any people would draft 'foreigners' into their armed forces, nothing new there.
Lastly, we know what type of vessels the Frisians built, they were no Viking-longships, but merchant vessels, THAT's what the Frisians were: traders, merchants, sailing all over Nortwestern Europe. Trading, not raiding.
If anything (see the first text in the video), the Frisians were scared to death of the Vikings.
Vikings more Samie than supposed.Its internet pffff
OERA LINDA scriptures
Fon alra fresena fridome1
Van de vrijheid van alle Friezen
1. Thit was to there stunde
tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde.
Tha waster ande there saxinna merik
liudingerus en hera fele steric.
Het was in de tijd
dat koning Karel begon te regeren.
Toen was er in het Saksische gebied
Liudingerus, een erg sterke heer.
2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike
tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scolde bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica2 rike.
Ac welde hi ma duan
hi welde tha sterka fresan under sinne tegetha tian.
Hij wilde met geweld voor zichzelf houden
de tienden die hij rechtens moest behouden voor het keizerlijke rijk van koning Karel.
Ook wilde hij meer doen,
hij wilde de sterke Friezen onder zijn tienden brengen.
3. Hi bi badit efter alle sine rike
thet ma hine heta scode koning waldelike.
tha thi kening kerl thit under stod.
tornig was him hir umbe si mod.
Hij gebood in heel zijn rijk
dat men hem machtige koning zou noemen.
Toen koning Karel dit vernam,
was zijn gemoed hier toornig over.
4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha kundig duan
hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan.
Tha fresen gadere komin
uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin.
Hij liet toen aan de Friezen vragen
of zij deze nieuwe koning met hem met strijd wilden weerstaan.
De Friezen kwamen samen,
op deze boodschap, hebben ze een goed besluit genomen.
5. Thi fresa fele sterka
hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka.
Tha sassiska heran thit for nomin
up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin.
De erg sterke Friezen,
gingen toen naar de Saksische gebieden.
Toen de Saksische heren dit vernamen,
kwamen zij op het veld de Friezen tegemoet.
6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike3
of slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika.
Thag to tha lesta.
feng ma of tha saxum heran and ridderan tha besta4.
Toen vochten ze zo grimmig,
men slachtte de Saksen af, zowel de arme als de rijke.
Maar op het laatst,
ving men van de Saksen de beste heren en ridders.
7. Iha5 band ma6 alsa sere
mith ene sterka mere.
Ia latten se tha waldelike
alder iha7 thene kening kerl ur nomin ande sine rike
Men bond hen zeer vast
met een sterk touw.
Ze leidden hen toen met geweld,
naar waar zij vernamen dat koning Karel in zijn rijk was.
8. tha8 hi thet for nom9
thet him thi saxinna hera alle bundin10 kom.
wel was him ande sine hei
thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei.
Toen hij dit vernam,
dat de Saksische heren allen gebonden tot hem kwamen,
was hij wel te moede,
hij wenste de koene Friezen goedendag.
9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin
hi scanctum bethe mede ande win.
tha fresan forin utes koningis11 howe
to iher londe iha weder kom mith halike lowe.
Hij nam ze toen binnen in zijn paleis,
hij schonk hun zowel mede als wijn.
De Friezen verlieten het hof van de koning,
naar hun land kwamen zij terug met hoge lof.
10. Aldus dus heb hi ur sten
hu ta sterka fresa his wit thene saxa tha for gen.
Aldus hebben jullie begrepen
hoe het de sterke Friezen toen tegen de Saksen is vergaan.
11. Thit sce12 ther na to ener stunde
thet ta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida13 bi gunden
stultlike weldin iha
thene tins bi halda tha keninglika rike.
Dit geschiedde daarna op een tijd,
dat de Romeinse heren tegen koning Karel begonnen te strijden.
Hoogmoedig wilden zij
de heffing onthouden aan het koninklijke rijk.
12. thi kening thit serlike14
kundegia let alle sine keningrike.
Iha komin alle to samene
ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede.
De koning liet dit ernstig
verkondigen in heel zijn koninkrijk.
Zij kwamen allen tezamen,
die waren in zijn rijk, verwanten en vreemden.
13. Tha fresan thit mere for nomin
to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin.
Iha werin ther nette ande god
wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod.
Toen de Friezen deze mare vernamen,
kwamen zij ongevraagd naar het hof van de koning.
Zij waren daar nuttig en waardevol,
want zij droegen de moed van een trotse leeuwin.
14. Iha sprekin ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike.
Iha welde allena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike.
Iha nomin tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda
iha gegin to fara there burig stonda.
Zij spraken daar strijdbaar voor de koning,
zij wilden alleen vechten tegen de Romeinse heren voor het keizerlijke rijk.
Zij namen het scherpe zwaard in hun handen,
zij gingen voor de burcht staan.
15. Tha heran binna there burig thit ge segin
uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin.
En ordil warth ther up ge hewin.
monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin.
Toen de heren binnen de burcht dit zagen,
togen zij naar het veld om tegen de Friezen te strijden.
Een oordeel werd daar aangeheven,
menig waardevolle strijder werd daar neergeslagen.
16. tha to there stunde
thi fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta15 bi gunde.
serlike tha heran umbe tha segin.
alle balde se to there burg flegin.
Toen op die tijd,
begonnen de Friezen haastig tegen de heren te vechten.
Pijnlijk zagen de heren om zich heen,
allen vluchtten zij snel naar de burcht.
17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne.
hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne.
thag uppa thet leste
wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha besta.
De Friezen volgden met vastberaden zin,
om de burcht met kracht te winnen.
Maar op het laatst,
wonnen zij de burcht en de besten van de heren.
18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta
thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta.
Iha fundent and ihera16 rede
iha welde tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude.
De poort ging men sluiten,
koning Karel met zijn volk was daar buiten.
Zij vonden het in hun rede,
dat zij wilden koning Karel geven zowel burcht als lieden.
19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode
hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scolde mith eniga gode.
hi iof him mitha allere arista
iefta17 tha masta.
De koning dacht bij zichzelf
hoe hij de koene Friezen voor deze machtige daden zou belonen met enig goed.
Hij gaf hun met de allereerste
giften het meeste.
20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde
ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde.
thiu iefte ther hi hede tha fresum ge dan
thiu moste emmer and emmer mare velika stan.
Twintig marken aan vuurrood goud,
die de Friezen jaarlijks de keizer als heffing zouden geven.
De gift die hij de Friezen had gedaan,
die moest immer en immermeer voor eeuwig bestaan.
21. ther hi ta bad kairslike
thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike.
hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua
thet se anne hera wolde und fa.
Daarbij gebood hij keizerlijk
dat geen heer hen met geweld zou bedwingen.
Tenzij ze dat uit hun vrije wil wilden doen,
dat ze een heer wilden aannemen.
22. thag wenik ande mine sinne
thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne.18
nowet19 allena tha keningge and thisse bode nogade
thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade.
Maar ik betwijfel
dat zij uit eigen wil enige heer zouden aanvaarden.
Niet alleen de koning en zijn gebod waren voldoende,
het gezag van de heilige paus Gregorius voegde hij hieraan toe.
23. hi bed hit ita pawis tha
thet hi tha fresan mitha gastelika riuchte welde bi fa.
hewelike alle hi to bonne se dede
ther tha fresum to brogte enige nede.
Hij verzocht toen de paus
dat hij de Friezen onder het geestelijk recht wilde brengen.
Voor eeuwig deed hij iedereen in de ban
die aan de Friezen enige nood brachten.
24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinbere
thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere.
tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette
alder umbe hi se scera lette.
Aldaar gebood koning Karel in het openbaar
de Friezen zich jaarlijks nieuwe raadgevers te kiezen.
De keizerlijke kroon zette hij op hun hoofd,
daarom liet hij hen scheren.
25. thag ief se thet ne wolde nowet dua
ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa.
thet hit alle liude magte tha sian
thet hi se fri hede ge dan.
Maar als ze dat niet wilden doen,
dan moesten ze hun haar vrijelijk laten groeien.
Opdat iedereen het moge zien,
dat hij hen vrij had gemaakt.
26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike
alle thi fresa ther were sterik and rike.
thet iha anne slag and ihera witta hals scolde him und fa
ther efter moste hi ridder biliwa.
Hij gebood het hun toen koninklijk,
alle Friezen die sterk en rijk waren,
dat zij een slag op hun witte hals van hem zouden ontvangen.
Daarna moest hij ridder blijven.
27. Wepin scolde hi ther efter20 drega alle scone
and sine scelde moste hi melia tha kenlika crona.
thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum hede evelike dan
ther hi keningan21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man.
Wapen zou hij daarna dragen, een hele mooie,
op zijn schild moest hij schilderen de koninklijke kroon.
Dat hij deze gift aan de Friezen voor eeuwig had gedaan,
daartoe nam hij koningen en hertogen als getuige en menig ander groot man.
28. thach to lesta
hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike wiste.
Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref
fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi lef.
Maar op het laatst,
opdat de nakomelingen het voor eeuwig zouden weten,
beschreef men het in de brieven,
van de giften, daar buiten niets vergeten bleef.
29. thet22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde
hu hit alle liude wiste thet thius ief ewelike stonda scolde.
thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine hond
mith dole and mith harum23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond.
Het zegel, dat was van vuurrood goud,
opdat iedereen zou weten dat deze gift voor eeuwig stand zou houden.
Deze brief stelde men de vrije Fries ter hand,
met geschenk en met eer ging hij weer naar zijn eigen vrije land.
30. Aldus mugin hit alle liude for stan
thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet kreftlike strid fri hewet ge dan.
Aldus moge iedereen het begrijpen
dat koning Karel de Friezen vanwege de krachtige strijd vrij heeft gemaakt.
ik wist dat we vikingen waren haHaHahAHHAhaHAHAHAHHAHHAHAH
Most of women in the areas so cute
What the hell is wrong with frysland? I am your upstream family sole-blood-heir. I am your king! Acknowledge and celebrate me! Welcome me
???
You watch too much movies
In English:
Fon alra fresena fridome 1
From the freedom of all Frisians
1. Thit was to there
tha thi kening kerl riuchta bi gunde.
Tha waster ande there saxinna merik
liudingerus and hera fele steric.
It was at the time
that King Charles began to rule.
Then there was
Liudingerus, a very strong gentleman in the Saxon area .
2. Hi welde him alsa waldlike
tha gethan ther hi fon riuchta scrolled bi halda tha kening kerlis kairslica 2 rike.
Ac welde hi ma duan
hi welde tha Sterka fresan under sinne tegethetian.
He wanted to forcefully keep to himself
the tithes that he had to legally keep for the imperial kingdom of King Charles.
He also wanted to do more,
he wanted to bring the strong Frisians under his tenth.
3. Hi bi badit efter all sine rik
thet ma hine heta scode king waldelike.
tha thi kening kerl thit under stod.
tornig was him hir umbe si mod.
He commanded throughout his empire
that he would be called mighty king.
When King Charles learned this,
his mind was angry about this.
4. Hi let hit tha fresum tha able duan
hodir hia thene nia kening mith him mith stride welde bi stan.
Tha fresen gadere komin
uppa thit bodisclskip se anne god red ge nomin.
He then asked the Frisians
whether they wanted to resist this new king with him.
The Frisians came together,
on this message, they have made a good decision.
5. Thi fresa fele Sterka
hi forim tha and tha saxinna merka.
Tha sassiska heran for nomin
up tha felda ia fresum to ionis komin.
The very strong Frisians
then went to the Saxon territories.
When the Saxon lords learned this
, they met the Frisians in the field.
6. Tha fugtin se alsa grimlike 3
or slogma tha saxum bethe thene erma and thene rika.
Thag to tha lesta.
feng ma or tha saxum heran and ridderan tha exista 4 .
Then they fought so grimly,
they killed the Saxons, both the poor and the rich.
But in the end,
the best gentlemen and knights of the Saxons were caught.
7. Iha 5 band ma 6 alsa sere
mith een Sterka mere.
Ia slats se tha waldelike
alder iha 7 thene kening kerl ur nominate sine rike
They were tied very tightly
with a strong rope.
They then led them violently
to where they learned that King Charles was in his kingdom.
8. tha 8 hi thet for nom 9
thet him thi saxinna hera all bundin 10 come.
he was ande sine hei
thi bad tha stulta fresa godne dei.
When he learned
that the Saxon lords all came to him bound,
he was too tired,
he wished the goodbye to Frisians.
9. Hi nom se tha ande palas sin
hi scanctum bethe fellow ande win.
tha fresan forin utes queen 11 howe
to iher london iha come again mith halike lowe.
He then took them into his palace,
he gave them both wine and wine.
The Frisians left the king's court
, they returned to their country with high praise.
10. Thus, so I have
hu ta strong sta fresa his white thene saxa tha for gen.
Thus you have understood
how the strong Frisians fared then against the Saxons.
11. Thit sce 12 ther after tha
ta sta romera heran with thene kening kerl strida 13 bi
stuldlike welin iha thene
tins bi halda tha keninglika rike.
This then happened at a time
when the Roman lords began to fight against King Charles.
They proudly wanted to
withhold the levy from the royal empire.
12. thi kening thit serlike 14
kundegia please note all sine keningrike.
Iha komin all together
ther werin ande sine rike sibbe ande framede.
The king had this
proclaimed earnestly throughout his kingdom.
They all came together,
they were in his kingdom, relatives and strangers.
13. Tha fresan there mere for nominated
to thes keningis howe une lathadis se ther komin.
Iha werin ther neat ande god
wand iha drogin enir stultere lauwa mod.
When the Frisians heard of this mare,
they came to the king's court unasked.
They were useful and valuable there,
for they had the courage of a proud lioness.
14. Iha speak ther to fara tha keningge wigandlike.
Iha welde onlyena fiugta witha romera heran fore thet kairslike rike.
Iha nomina tha scerpa suerd and ihera honda
iha gin to fara there burig stooda.
They spoke there militantly for the king,
they only wanted to fight against the Roman lords for the imperial empire.
They took the sharp sword in their hands,
they stood before the castle.
15. Tha heran interna there burig th e ge segin
uppa thene feld ion tha fresan to stride tha tegin.
And ordil warth ther up ge hewin.
monig diore wigand warth nither tha there ge slagin.
When the gentlemen within the castle saw this,
they went to the field to fight against the Frisians.
A judgment was raised there,
many a valuable warrior was knocked down there.
16. tha to there sti thesa
fresa hastelike on tha heran fiugta 15 bi gunde .
serlike tha heran umbe tha segin.
all balde se to there burg flegin.
Then at that time,
the Frisians started hurriedly fighting the gentlemen.
The gentlemen were embarrassed to see them
all, they all fled quickly to the castle.
17. thi fresa folgade mith un tuiuilika sinne.
hu hi tha burg kreftlike wnne.
thag uppa thet leste
wnnin iha tha burg and heran tha exist.
The Frisians followed with determination
to win the castle with strength.
But in the end,
they won the fortress and the best of the lords.
18. tha porta gundtma bi sluta
thi kening kerl mith sine folke waster abuta.
Iha fundent and ihera 16 reason iha welde
tha kening kerle iowa bethe burg ande liude.
The gate was closed,
King Charles and his people were out there.
They thought it reasonable
that they wanted to give King Charles both fortress and people.
19. thi kening thogte ande sine mode
hu hi tha stulta fresa thisse waldelika deda lania scrolled mith eniga god.
hi iof him mitha allere arista
iefta 17 tha masta.
The king thought to himself
how he would reward the cow Frisians with some good for these mighty deeds.
He gave them
the most with the very first gifts.
20. tuintech merka fon brondrada golde
ther thi fresa iera hec tha kairscipe to tegetha iowa scolde.
thiu iefte ther hi tha fresum ge then
thiu moste bucket and bucket mare velika stan.
Twenty marks of fire-red gold,
which the Frisians would give the emperor annually as a tax.
The gift he had made to the Frisians had
to last forever and ever.
21. ther hi ta bad kairslike
thet se ne scolde nen hera thuwingga waldelike.
hit ne were thet iha bi iera goda willa welde thet dua
thet se anne hera wolde und fa.
In addition, he commanded
that no lord would restrain them by force.
Unless they wanted to do that on their own free will,
they wanted to hire a gentleman.
22. thag wenik ande mine sinne
thet hia bi willa angne hera ge winne. 18
nowet 19 allena tha keningge and thisse messenger nogade
thes heliga pawis gregorius weld hi hir to fogade.
But I doubt
that they would accept any lord of their own will.
Not only the king and his command were sufficient,
he added the authority of St. Pope Gregory.
23. hi bed hit ita Pawis tha
thet hi tha Fresán mitha gastelika riuchte welled bi fa.
hewelike all hi to bonne se thethe
ther tha fresum to any brogte Eng.
He then asked the Pope
to bring the Frisians under spiritual justice.
He forever banned everyone
who brought any need to the Frisians.
24. Alder bi bad hit thi kening kerl opinion
thet fresan iera hec nige redian him kere.
tha kairslika crona hi uppa ihera hawid sette
alder umbe hi se scera lette.
There, King Charles publicly ordered
the Frisians to elect new counselors every year.
He put the imperial crown on their heads,
so he made them shave.
25. thag ive se thet ne wolde nowet dua
ut mostin se him ihera her leta frilike waxa.
thet hit all liude mag tha sian
thet hi se fri hede ge then.
But if they didn't want to do that,
they had to let their hair grow freely.
That everyone may see
that he had made them free.
26. hi bi bad hit him tha keninglike
all thi fresa ther were sterik and rike.
thet iha anne battle and ihera witta neck scolde him and fa
ther efter moste hi knight biliwa.
He then commanded them royal,
all Frisians who were strong and rich,
that they would receive a blow to their white neck from him.
After that he had to remain a knight.
27. Wepin scrolled hi ther efter 20 drega all scone
and sine scanned moste hi melia tha kenlika crona.
thet hi thissa iefta tha fresum he evelike than
ther hi keningan 21 and hertigan to witscipe up nom and ondris monege halike man.
He would then wear a weapon, a very beautiful one,
on his shield he had to paint the royal crown.
That he had made this gift to the Frisians forever
, he took kings and dukes as a witness and many other great men.
28. thach to lesta
hu hit tha efterkumanda evelike erased.
Ande tha brewm hit ma bi scref
fon tha ieftum ther abuta nowet ur ietin bi guts.
But in the end,
so that the descendants would know forever, it was
described in the letters,
of the gifts, nothing was forgotten outside.
29. thet 22 insigil thet was fon tha brondrada golde
hu hit all liude knew thet thius ief ikeike stood scrolled.
thisse bref ma tha fri fresa iof and sine dog
mith dole and mith harum 23 hi wider for and sine ain frilike lond.
The seal, which was of fire-red gold,
that everyone might know that this gift would last forever.
This letter was handed over to the free Frisian,
with a gift and with honor he went back to his own free country.
30. Thus mugin hit all liude for stan
thet thi kening kerl thene fresa umbe thet the crookedlike strid fri hewet ge then.
Thus everyone understands
that King Charles the Frisians has released because of the powerful struggle.
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