Note 477 — Chapter IX · THE MUTUAL GUARANTEE. MÆGBURH. TITHING. HUNDRED.
Reading edition
“Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, riht is ðæt hit, ðæt bearn, médder folgige; and him man an his fæderingmǽgum wilsumne berigean geselle, his feoh tó healdenne oððǽt he tynwintre síe.” Hloðh. § 6. Thorpe, i. 30.