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be sent, and each carry it to the other or pay a fine. 1 If 

 they are pursued and found with the cattle and give them 

 back, the leader pays 40 marks, and each of his men 3 marks. 

 If they do not they arc all outlaws " (Frostath., v. 1-1). 



" In the second place, if a man finds another in his Zmr 2 

 who has gathered there a burden of property and clothes, he 

 may slay him if he likes. He shall go to his neighbours and 

 show them the slain man, and use their evidence at the arrow- 

 thing. In the third place, if a man finds another in his 

 sheep-house or cow-stall tying his cattle and trying to lead 

 them awav, he may slay him if he wants " (Gulathing Law, 

 160). 3 



Handran was the term applied to robbery without violence 

 of property out of the hand. Such a robber also was unholy, 

 and could be killed without indemnity. 



" It is hand-robbery if a man tears out of the hand of a man 

 what he holds in it, or tears anything off his back. This is 

 also liable to greater outlawry " (Vigslodi, c. 3). 



' If a man commits hand-robbery on another, and he proves 

 it by witnesses, then the robber is liable to pay 3 marks. If 

 the robber runs away with the thing (robbed), and the owner 

 runs after him and slays him, then he falls as an outlaw ' 

 (Gulath., 143). 



The value of the stolen thing was appraised, and if it was 

 worth an bring, or more, then the thief w 7 as to be outlawed and 

 slain, for he had forfeited his life. 



If a man stole something of less value than an ortug, he 

 was a tor/ man* and was made to run the gauntlet while those 

 present threw at him whatever they had handy ; if he got 

 away alive he was thereafter without rett. 



" If a man steals on trading-journeys he makes himself 

 a gatu-thj6f (gauntlet-thief). His head shall be shaved ami 

 tarred, and (eider) down be taken and put on it. Then all the 

 crew shall make a road for him and stand on both sides, and 

 he shall run to the wood if he can. Every one present shall 

 throw a stone or a stick after him, and whoever does not throw 

 is liable to pay 9 ortugar" 5 (Bjarkey Law, 146). 



1 Baii<i. 4 Literally a man of turf and tar; i.e. 



- A place fur provisions, still common equivalent to one who was tarred .-mil 



in Norway. See ' Land of the Midnight feathered. 



Sun,' vol. i , p. 419. 3 Cf. also Gulath. 253 ; Frostath. xii. 



3 Cf. also Frostath. xiv. 12, 13. 12. 



