Note 483 — Chapter IX · THE MUTUAL GUARANTEE. MÆGBURH. TITHING. HUNDRED.
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“Gif he ðonne ðæs weddie ðe him riht sý tó gelǽstanne and ðæt áleóge, selle mid eádmédum his wæpn und his ǽhta his freóndum tó gehealdanne, and beó feowertig nihta on carcerne on cyninges túne; þrowige ðǽr swá biscop him scrífe, and his mǽgas hine féden gif he self mete næbbe; gif he mǽgas næbbe, oððe ðone mete næbbe, féde cyninges geréfa hine.” Ælf. § 1. Thorpe, i. 60. There is a similar provision in Ælf. § 5. Thorpe, i. 64. Ælf. § 42. Thorpe, i. 90.