Solution to the German Riddle

edlle junckffrau radent waß ist daß
zwyernet fünff und eynß me
der fynffzehenst bustab am abc
bedrigt den man und nit me
Two times five = (the Latin numbers) V+V = W
and then add one = (the Latin number) I
the fifteenth letter of the medieval alphabet, where i and j are counted as one letter = P
–>WIP (‘woman’)

Which means: ‘Woman betrays Man and (does) nothing more.’

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