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sion from his father 1 . A father may also give his daughter 
away in marriage 2 . His wife addresses him as here wirt 3 . In 
one respect, however, the women are independent; they have 
property of their own, and can dispose of at least the income 
as they wish, as is shown by the fact that the mother and sister 
buy a gorgeous outfit for the boy 4 . The source of this inde¬ 
pendent income is not stated, but it may be the morgengabe r \ 
The wife is a help-meet to her lord and master; she must do 
such work as gather in the flax and dig turnips 6 , and look for 
the calves 7 . 
The son bears the same name as the father 8 ; he is a servant 
of his father 9 , and, as stated above, subject to his authority. 
Concerning the position of the daughter nothing is said, ex¬ 
cepting that she must marry the man whom her father selects 10 , 
and has some income of her own 11 . 
A close relative is the godfather, from whom the child might 
even inherit certain qualities 12 . The servants that are men¬ 
tioned are called kneht (servant) and freewoman 13 , and may 
be related to the master. 14 
2. Pood. 
The staple article of food on the peasant’s table is porridge 1 ^. 
Poor people make this porridge with water 16 . Bread is made 
of rye 17 and oats 18 . Of vegetables are mentioned cabbage 19 and 
1 LI. 227, 424. 
2 L. 280. 
3 L. 731. 
4 LI. 117, 123, 131 et al. 
5 LI. 1327 ft. The morgengabe is a gift made by the husband to his 
wife the morning after the wedding. 
6 L. 1361. 
7 L. 1391. \ 
8 L. 24. There is nothing to indicate that this is the usual custom. 
9 LI. 22, 614. 
10 L. 280. 
11 LI. 117 ff. 
12 LI. 481, 1379. 
13 LI. 711, 1088. 
14 L. 717. 
15 LI. 454, 473 et al. 
16 LI. 1240-1241. 
17 L. 461. 
18 L. 479. 
19 L. 1604. 
