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Kristinréttr Magnúss Hákonarsonar | Magnus Lagabøtes 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.
1r.33–1r.12a
hæyra
belong
atrunade·
belief
till uillu ⁊ heiðíns atrunaðar· Galdꝛar
to heresy [and] heathen belief: spells
oc g͛ningͬ· ok ſa eꝼ nokoꝛn·
and sorcery; and also if [one] calls any
man̅ kallar trollriðu· ſpadomar
person a troll-rider; soothsaying,
oc at trua a landuett͛ at þoꝛ ſe ild̅dum
and believing in land-spirits, that they dwell in groves,
· haugu̅ æda ꝼoꝛſu̅ Sua oc
mounds or waterfalls. Likewise also
vtiſætoꝛ at ſpyꝛia oꝛlaga ok þꝛ̅
útisetur [sitting out at night] to ask about fate, and those
er ſegía aꝼ endis ſer gud ⁊ heilaga
who renounce God and holy
kk̅iu· til þærs ſkolu ꝼæ j haugum
church so that they may find wealth in mounds
ꝼi̅na· æda aðꝛa leið rikir
or in some other way become mighty
eða nokoꝛs ueſir u͛ða· Sua ⁊ þꝛ̅
or come to know something. Likewise those
er ꝼreiſta dꝛauga up at uekkia
who try to wake up draugar [the walking dead]
Translator's note. 1r.1a repeats 'belief' (atrúnaði) and seems out of place; the sentence runs 'And these things belong to heresy and heathen belief'. trollriða, 'troll-rider', is a witch believed to ride people by night; the clause about calling someone one is obscure.
The whole original: Menota's corpus at Clarino (open AM 60 4to).