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Subject: Re: But what does SPIELDENNER mean? (nt)
Author: Andy ;—)   (guest, 84.165.65.36)
Date: October 20, 2005 at 6:46:54 AM
Reply to: Re: But what does SPIELDENNER mean? (nt) by Jim Youung
SPIELDIENER is a good one! Grimm has: "die knaben wurden sogleich ergriffen, von ihren spieldienern und erziehern abgesondert." Sagen 431

"The boys were seized at once and separated by their spieldieners and educators (or: teachers)." So a spieldiener would have been something like a private playing tutor?

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