[7] Estum ān mǣgð þæt hī magon cyle gewyrcan; and þȳ
8 þǣr licgað þā dēadan męn swā lange, and ne fūliað, þæt
9 hȳ wyrcað þone cyle him on. And þēah man āsętte
10 twēgen fǣtels full ealað oððe wæteres, hȳ gedōð þæt
11 ǣgþer bið oferfroren, sam hit sȳ sumor sam winter.
[108.1-4.] him ... ūs. Note the characteristic change of person, the transition from indirect to direct discourse.
[109.2.] sceal. See [§ 137, Note 2 (2)].
[109.7.] Ālęcgað hit. Bosworth illustrates thus:
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| Where the horsemen assemble. | The six parts of the property placed within one mile. |
“The horsemen assemble five or six miles from the property, at d or e, and run towards c; the man who has the swiftest horse, coming first to 1 or c, takes the first and largest part. The man who has the horse coming second takes part 2 or b, and so, in succession, till the least part, 6 or a, is taken.”