Upgant Frisian


Upgant Frisian is an extinct dialect of East Frisian. It was the dialect spoken around the area of Upgant-Schott. The only text preserved in the dialect is a wedding poem by Imel Agena.

Sample text

Below is a comparison of the first five sections of the wedding poem.
Upgant FrisianSaterlandic FrisianGermanEnglish
Breydloffts gedicht
to eren anda weelbehagen dio erentesten, monnhatten anda
toernemen Eggerick Ulricken, breydgom, anda diw eer- anda
dugentrijcke junffer Tialda Hayunga, breyd, Ulben
Hayungas, drusta to Nodds, aeinige dochter.		Wärskupsriemsel,
tou Ere un Wäilbihoagjen fon dän erenfääste, monhaftige un
foarnieme Eggerick Ulricken, Brüdigam, un de eer- un
dugedrieke Juffer Tialda Hayunga, Bräid, Ulben Hayungas,
Druste tou Nürden oankelde/eempelde Dochter.		Hochzeitsgedicht,
zu Ehren und Wohlbehagen des ehrenfesten, mannhaften, und
vornehmen Eggerick Ulcken, Bräutigam, und der ehr- und
tugendreichen Jungfrau Tialda Hayunga, Braut, Ulben Hayungas,
Drosten zu Norden einzige Tochter		Wedding poem,
in honor and well-being of the honorable, manly, and
noble Eggerick Ulricken, groom, and the honorable and
virtuous maiden Tialda Hayunga, bride, northern reeve Ulben Hayunga's only daughter