Note 319 — Chapter VII · THE NOBLE BY SERVICE.
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“Þegenes lagu is ðæt he sý his bócrihtes wyrðe; taini lex est ut sit dignus rectitudine testamenti sui.” Thorpe, i. 432. And with this Ælfred’s law of entails is consistent. Leg. Ælf. § 41. Thorpe, i. 88.