Old Norwegian · AI translation
Kristinréttr hinn eldri Frostaþings | Frostatings eldre kristenrett
English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
18r.32a–18v.12
ſer þa ſkʼ hon ganga j garð bp̅s
herself, then she shall go into the bishop's household,
en ſa e͛ glæpꝛ hana þa e͛ ſa utlæg͛
and he who seduces her, he is an outlaw,
en bp̅ haꝼe ꝼe hʼs· Vm blot a heiðnar
and the bishop shall have his property. On sacrifice to heathen
uettr· xv·
spirits. 15.
Eꝼ maðꝛ blotar
[If] a man sacrifices
a heíðnar uetter eða ꝼer
to heathen spirits, or deals
hʼ m; ſpaſogur eða m; gerní̅gu̅
in prophecies or in sorcery,
ſa mͬ e͛ þͥ lyðír oc þan̅ man̅ huſar
the man who heeds that and gives house-room to that man
til þeſſ· hʼ e͛ ſua utlægr ſem
for it, he is as much an outlaw as
mᷦbane· en bp̅ a huern peníng
a manslayer, and the bishop owns every penny
ꝼear hʼs· En eꝼ dyl bere karlmͬ
of his property. And if [he] denies it, a man shall carry
íarn ꝼͥ· en kona take j kætil· En
the iron for it, and a woman reach into the kettle. And
ſa e͛ þeſſoꝛ mal ken̅ír mͥ þa v͛ðꝛ
he who charges people with these matters, then he becomes
hʼ aꝼ þuí ꝼíolmæles mͬ eꝼ ſkírſkotat
thereby guilty of slander, if it is put to witnesses,
Translator's note. 18v.3a lacks its initial (Ef, 'If'). Carrying the iron and reaching into the kettle are the ordeals of hot iron and boiling water.
The whole original: Menota's corpus at Clarino (open AM 60 4to).