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[Anton]

1) What does 'gas mich' mean

"gas" is Mittelhochdeutsch for "quickly, promptly", "mich" is simply mich, so the whole stuff then expands as "so take me quickly", and if "o" is additionally counted as auch, then it becomes "so take me quickly as well"

2) aror sheey is an obvious quotation, whatever it means, followed by palden probiren/try it out soon and the beginning of a recipe, So nim/Now take

Yes, that makes sense in my opinion, only I consider it not a recipe (too short for a recipe), but rather an "instruction" of how to use the stuff enciphered with "aror sheey" in combination with the spell. If "palden" can be read as modern sobald, then the whole line would be as follows:

Having taken (or, literally, tried (probieren)) the aror sheey, then quickly cast (or use or, literally, take (nimm)) the spell (mich)

The whole speech is in this interpretation as if on behalf of the instrument itself - like those labels "take me" in Alice in Wonderland.

In German this, to the best of my knowledge, and with the help of Google translator, would be thus:

Sobald [sie] aror sheey probiert [haben], so nimm mich schnell

One problem that I see with this, is that I'm not sure if probiren (pbren) is correct from the grammar viewpoint, the grammar suggests probirt (pbrt).

A year ago I wrote a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. about this, and in fact we discussed it above in the thread, but the latter is already so monstrous in size that discussions quickly get forgotten and we are going in circles.

That ornate descender should be taken seriously, it definitely is there not for nothing, but the idea is vague. Looks like it's intended to connect the last line (or the "mich" in particular) with the spell (or the "maria" in particular), and, possibly, with the "o" shape at the same time. Maybe the shape of the line hints that the spell should be worn on the neck, since it looks like a pendant indeed.

It was common to wear spells on one's neck.

Dissen brieff sol er tragen an dem hals und alle die wille er den brieff an dem hals treit so nim dert in den siech tagen

(Cod. Sang. 754, p. 80)