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kenner honom þætt þa ſkall han ꝼirir þæir vinna

charges him with it, then he shall swear, in answer to it,

lyrittar æið

a lýrittar oath [a formal oath of denial].

þætt er nu þæir neſt at ver ſkulum

It is next after this that we shall

æigi lyða ſpom ne goldꝛum

not heed prophecies nor spells

ne gerningum illum· En ſa er kunnr oc

nor evil sorceries. And he who is known and

ſannr værðꝛ at þuí at han ſægir ſpar

proved guilty of this, that he tells prophecies

oc ꝼer með þæím þa er han utlægr

and deals in them, then he is an outlaw

oc vhæilagr ꝼri goꝛt huæriu pæningi

and without legal protection, [and has] forfeited every penny

ꝼear ſins þæt a halꝼt konungr var

of his property; of that our king owns half

en halꝼt biscop· En þæiꝛ er lyða þa

and the bishop half. And those who listen, they

Cros eða þíngboð ſkall æigi yngri

A cross or an assembly summons shall no younger

maðr bera oc cetera·

man carry, and so on.

ENn eꝼ þæt er kent kono at

Now if it is imputed to a woman that

hon ſe trolkona eða manæta

she is a troll-woman or a man-eater,

· þa ſkall mæla a hendꝛ henne oꝛ huſum

then a charge shall be made against her from households

þæiꝛi· oc ſe þæir aðꝛ heraƶ ꝼloytt

[several], and they must first have made it known through the district.

En eꝼ hon værðꝛ at þuí ſon þa ſkall

And if she is proved guilty of it, then she shall

ꝼora hana a ſæ vtt· oc hoggua a

be taken out to sea and struck across

ryg· En eꝼ hon kueðꝛ við þui neí

the backbone. And if she denies it,

þa ſkall hon haꝼa ꝼri ſer guðs ſkírſlír

then she shall have God's ordeals in her defence:

vighía vatn oc kætill oc taka

water and a kettle are to be consecrated, and she is to reach

hon þær j þa er væl er hon værðꝛ

into it there; then it is well if she comes out

ſkír· En eꝼ mæler oꝛ æínu

clean. But if it is said from one