In order to make these points clear, attention must be turned to a remarkable document, the Saxon version of which dates probably from the tenth, and the Latin translation from the twelfth century.[158]
The 'Rectitudines,' tenth century.
It is entitled the 'Rectitudines Singularum Personarum,' which may be translated 'the services due from various persons.'
It commences with two general sections, the first relating to the services of the 'thane,' and the second to those of the 'geneat.'
Thane's services.
Geneat's or villein's services.
ÐEGENES LAGU.
Degenes lagu is
he sy his boc-rihtes wyrðe.