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THE LAW OF THE WESTGOTHS.
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7. A man kills his master, that is felony.
8. A man kills another at the alefeast with a knife, while he shares with
him knife and meat, that is felony.
9. A man cuts down the cattle of another, makes himself a gore-wolf l),
that is felony.
10. A man boards a battleship, becomes a pirate; a man knocks another
man down, steps on his throat and head and plunders him, that is felony.
MTTÆ ÆR ÆRFI»ÆR BOLKÆR
This is the code on inheritance.
1.
Son is father’s heir. Is there no son, then daughter. Is there no daughter,
then father. Is there no father, then mother. Is there no mother, then brother.
Is there no brother, then sister. Is there no sister, then son’s children. Are
there no son’s children, then daughter’s children. Are there no daughter’s
children, then brothers children. Are there no brother’s children, then sister’s
children. Are there no sister’s children, then father’s father. Is there no
father’s father, then mother’s father. Is there mother’s mother, or father’s
brother, then mother’s mother takes and father’s brother goes from.
2.
A mother inherits her son, until the only son dies. Then the daughter is
entitled to the inheritance equally with the mother.
1. Has the mother two groups2) of children, dies the only son of either
group, then shall the daughters, who have the same father with him be invited
to divide the inheritance with the mother. The one take as the other.
3.
Mother’s father and father’s mother are equal heirs. Mother’s brother
1) Gorwarghaer: Gorewolf. One who kills another man’s cattle, or
wounds them in such a way, that the entrails fall out.
2) Koldær: 1) All the children collectively, who are issues of one marriage.
2) Relatives on the father’s or mother’s side. 3) In pl. groups of children
having the same mother but different fathers or vice versa.
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