"jungfrauschaft" would mean as much as the state of being a virgin and what it is about. Like "ship" in English, cf. swordsmanship. Jungfrau meant not only virgin in a medical sense but also young, unmarried woman.
best regards from auld germany, danyel Am 22.08.2011 um 10:47 schrieb Hilbert Jörg: >> O holy, immaculate, delicate maiden Mary > > For my understanding of old German, this hits the point in a pragmatic way. > J. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
