 ... if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden by those men who at first acquired it, and by those who gave it to him, that he should do so ; and then let that be declared in the presence of the king and of the bishop, before his kinsmen.  The Life and Times of Alfred the Great - Page 329by John Allen Giles - 1848 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Kenelm Edward Digby, William Montagu Harrison - 1897 - 472 pages
...which his kindred left him, then ordain we that he must not give it from his "msegburg" [kindred], if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden by those men who at first acquired it, and l>y those who gave it to him, that he should do so ; and then lot that bo declared in the presence... | |
 | William Stubbs - 1900 - 578 pages
...ordain we that he must not give it fr ' maeg-burg," if there be writing or witness that it was foi by those men who at first acquired it, and by those who to him, that he should do so; and then let that be d in the presence of the king and of the bishop... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1909 - 762 pages
...bocland, and which his kindred left him, then ordain we that he must not give it from his maegburg, if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden...by those who gave it to him, that he should do so." s Above 58. 6 For the evolution of a similar Germanic institution, the Vcrgabung lion Todes wegen,... | |
 | 1905 - 416 pages
...hoc-land, and which his kindred left him, then ordain we that he must not give it from his 'maegburg,' if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden...of the king and of the bishop, before his kinsmen." Therefore, in such a procedure, which admitted a double claim, — we might say, two plaintiffs, —... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 498 pages
...'boc-land,' and which his kindred left him, then ordain we that he must not give it from his 'maeg-burg,' if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden...of the king and of the bishop, before his kinsmen. Of feuds. 42. We also command : that the man who knows his foe be homesitting fight not before he demand... | |
 | 1909 - 474 pages
...bocland, and which his kindred left him, then ordain we that he must not give it from his maeg-burg, if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden...of the king and of the bishop before his kinsmen. "We may argue, If we will, that this Is an attempt to Impose upon the alienable book-land some of those... | |
 | William Stubbs - 1913 - 568 pages
...he must not give it from his ' mseg-burg ', be writing or witness that it was forbidden by those o at first acquired it, and by those who gave it to him, should do so ; and then let that be declared in the of the king and of the bishop before his kinsmen.]... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1915 - 484 pages
...'boc-land,' and which his kindred left him, then ordain we that he must not give it from his 'maeg-burg,' if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden...of the king and of the bishop, before his kinsmen. Of feuds. 42. We also command : that the man who knows his foe be homesitting fight not before he demand... | |
 | Ernest William Shaw Fletcher - 1915 - 284 pages
...the following terms: — Laws of Alfred, c. 41. (Sel. Char., p. 63.) to him, that he should do so; then let that be declared in the presence of the king and of the bishop before his kinsmen." There would, therefore, appear to be some ground for a distinction, the consequences of which will... | |
 | 1924 - 136 pages
...give it from his kindred, if there be writing or witness that it was forbidden that he should do so by those men who at first acquired it, and by those who gave it to him; and then let that be declared in the presence of the king and of the bishop, before his kinsmen. 42.... | |
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