Note 78 — Chapter II · THE MARK.
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Efese. Goth. Ubiswa. The name for this custom was Yfesdrype, Eavesdrip. In a charter of the year 868 it is said: “And by the custom (folces folcriht) two feet space only need be left for eavesdrip on this land.” Cod. Dipl. No. 296. In Greece the distances were solemnly regulated by law: see Plut. Solon, cap. 23.