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Ostelling
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East Central German
Noun
gmw-ecg noun f
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch military conscription; military mobilisation
gmw-ecg Zer Ostelling tunn üm siebne früh de Bossen in Tol marschiern. (1898, de Anton Günther (Volksdichter) Anton Günther) At seven o'clock in the morning, the boys march in the valley for military mobilisation.
Further reading
Gerhard Heilfurth: Der erzgebirgische Volkssänger Anton Günther. Leben und Werk. P. 163 'Allerhand ve der Guttsgoh' and P. 203, Worterklärungen: Ostelling = Aushebung zum Militär
gmw-ecg Military