Motten

Schaben: Motten, moths: Reference to: Ihr sollt euch nicht Schätze sammeln auf Erden, da sie die Motten und der Rost fressen, und da die Diebe nachgraben und stehlen.

Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois 1920

But when you hear her dulcet sigh, “Ich kann halt lieben nur, und sonst gar nichts” — I can only love, nothing else — followed by the taunting boast, “Männer umschwirr’n mich wie Motten um das Licht,” men flutter round me like moths to the flame, and the faux-perplexed, “Sie haben nie genug” — they never have enough — you can tell this damsel is on the fast track to dame.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Liesl Schillinger - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

But when you hear her dulcet sigh, “Ich kann halt lieben nur, und sonst gar nichts” — I can only love, nothing else — followed by the taunting boast, “Männer umschwirr’n mich wie Motten um das Licht,” men flutter round me like moths to the flame, and the faux-perplexed, “Sie haben nie genug” — they never have enough — you can tell this damsel is on the fast track to dame.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Liesl Schillinger - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

_ -- It has been proved by Lindemann and Motten [Bull.

Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

Tansey's got to get home at Motten by her Peek's orders. "

Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886