Herr Goeli(orGöli) was aMiddle High Germanminnesinger.Four of his poems survive.[1]They are found under his name only in theCodex Manesse.In three other manuscripts—theWeingarten Manuscriptand the Berlin and Frankfurt Neidhart manuscripts[2]—they are mistakenly attributed toNeidhart von Reuental.[3]In fact, they are deliberate imitations of the village songs (Dörperlieder[de]) of Neidhart.[1][4]They are of inferior quality.[3]Theirincipitsare:[5]

  • Svmer der hat sin gezelt
  • Willekomen svmer wetter svesse
  • Wol gezieret stat diu gruene heide
  • Wis willekomen nahtegal frowe
Goeli playingbackgammonin the Codex Manesse

Goeli is usually identified with Diethelm Goeli, a knight ofBaselrecorded in various sources between 1254 and 1276.[1]Diethelm's wife's name was Sibilia. He was probably dead by 1280.[6]

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