[73]. Cf. also Hord’s Saga, c. 9.
[74]. Cf. also Landnama, iii. c. 10.
[75]. The grave probably of the Gothic kings.
[76]. A stone for kings to step on at their election.
[77]. In this passage we see clearly that only rings were used as money.
[78]. God-thjód, Goth-thjód, Got-thjód in different texts, as if connected with gods.
[79]. Cf. also Hervarar Saga, c. 16.
[80]. When paupers have been divided like property, they go from heir to heir, &c.
[81]. The son of a man who is a freed man and has a wife before his freedom-ale has been made, and has a son by that woman, shall not take the inheritance of any man though he is carried between skauts (cloak-skirts, laps). (Earlier Frostathing Law, ix. 15).
[82]. When a man was unable to manage his property and spoiled it, then it could be divided without his leave by the heirs. Cf. also Frostathing, ix. 20.