Note 124 — THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTY IN LAND
Margaret Ashley translation
Read the whole passage. Translatio S. Alexandri, in Pertz, vol. ii. p. 675, “Eo tempore quo Theodoricus rex Francorum, contra Irmenfredum, ducem Thuringorum, dimicans ... conduxit Saxones in adjutorium, promissis pro victoria habitandi sedibus.... Terram juxta pollicitationem suam iis delegavit. Qui eam sorte dividentes, partem illius colonis tradiderunt, singuli pro sorte sua sub tributo exercendam; cetera vero loca ipsi possederunt.” Do not forget that the word sors is the usual term in the language of the period for property. The narrative shows clearly that it is a division made for ever that is here described.