Thompson P272: Foster mother.

Wahrscheinliche Zuordnung · Textstelle

Units 20 and 22 establish that the boy is placed with a wet nurse and grows there, then greets the other boy as father; unit 43 supplies the payment and return detail. The broader range preserves the actual foster relationship instead of relying only on the later return of the nurse.

• „Den Jungen schickt der Köhlersfrau Sie hin, als seiner Ammen“
• „Bis beide aufgeschossen, Dann grüßt ihn ›Vater‹ hier am Ort“
• „Mit einem Handgeld schwer und rund Schickt Kuno sie zurücke“

Wahrscheinliche Zuordnung · Textstelle

P272 is “Foster mother.” Lespia raises and cares for Wigamur with her daughters while claiming the maternal role; his later account identifies her as the woman who took him from his birth mother. This is the specific nurture relationship in this witness.

• „Wigamur was gefangenn In dem mer mangenn tag, Das sein die merfrawe pflag. Mit fleysse sie jn bewârte, Vnd pflag sein wol vnd zarte“