Note 1010 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057.
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Chron. Ab. “And geutlageden þa ealle Frencisce men, þe ǽr unlage rærdon, and undom demdon, and únræd ræddon into ðissum earde.” Modern English utterly fails to express the power of the negative words, which modern High German only partially preserves. So Florence; “Omnes Nortmannos qui leges iniquas adinvenerant [a poor substitute for “unlage rærdon”] et injusta judicia judicaverant, multaque Regi insilia [an attempt at transferring the Teutonic negative to the Latin] adversus Anglos [a touch from Peterborough] dederant, exlegaverunt.”