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(1906) [MARC] Author: Alfred Bergin
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THE LAW OF THE WE8TGOTH8.

entertainment of the bishop, burn. They shall provide entertainment for two
days 1) and until the evening of the third for the bishop and twelve men with
him, he himself the thirteenth. And he and all his clerks may drink mead 2).

3.

AF KIRKIU VÆT (RÆT) »).

About church oath (right).

If a man is killed in a church, that is felony. Then the church is
altogether desecrated. Takes it place within ten winters since they headtithed,
then they shall give the bishop three marks for consecration and two days
entertainment. If it is ten years since they headtithed, and they wish to have
the church consecrated, then they shall headtithe.

4.

Tenants shall not headtithe more than once, unless they so wish or should
fall into cardinal sins *.)

5.

Should the altarstone 5) become loose, then the priest shall notify the
bishop or risk his three marks. Then shall the freeholders give the bishop
three marks for consecration of the altar and two days entertainment. And
for the whole churchyard fence three marks, for a part of the churchyard fence
twelve öre. Crosses and bells, chalices and massrobes, these the bishop shall
consecrate for that tithe, which the freeholders give him, also confirm children.

6.

Is a church old — and in need of repair — stand the stays, lie the sills,
are the doorposts and the upper sill 6) complete, lies the roofcomb whole, the

1) Nættær: Night. The old Scandinavians counted by the nights instead
of the days, and by winters instead of years.

2) Miop: Mead. A drink common in the North, made from malt,
sweet-willow, Myrica gale and honey.

s) This superscription seems to be out of place. It is also uncertain
whether the word væt should not rather be read rset. The words "ran" and
"drap" have even been proposed as substitutes. One later ms. has even the
word "drap" in this place.

4) Hovopsyndir: Peccata mortalia; cardinal sins. Such were theft,
murder, adultery, and apostacy during persecution. For these the church inflicted
public punishment, and in Västergötland headtithe was also demanded.

6) Altæræsten : Altarstone. Really the altar itself or the upper slab. The
altars in mediæval churches were often built of stone.

«) Fæstiband: Upper sill. The upper beams or logs in the walls of a
loghouse.

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