Page:The Legal Code of Ælfred the Great.djvu/84

 stan mid stane oððe mid fyste ⁊ he þeah utgongan mæge bi stafe, begite him læce ⁊ wyrce his weorc ða hwile þe he self ne mæge. Se ðe slea his agenne þeowne esne oððe his mennen 7 he ne sie idæges dead, ðeah he libbe twa niht oððe ðreo, ne bið he ealles swa scyldig, forþon þe hit wæs his agen fioh. Gif he ðonne sie idæges dead, ðonne sitte sio scyld on him.

Gif hwa on cease êacniende wif gewerde, bete þone æwerdlan swa him domeras gereccen. Gif hio dead sie, selle sawle wið sawle. Gif hwa oðrum his eage oðdo, selle his agen fore, toð fore têð, honda wið honda, fet fore fet, bærning for bærninge, wund wið wunde, læl wið læle. Gif hwa âslea his ðeowe oððe his ðeowenne þæt eage ût ⁊ he þonne hie gedo ânigge, gefreoge hie for þon. Gif he þonne ðone toð ôfaslea, do þæt ilce. Gif oxa ofhnite wer oððe wîf þæt hie dead sien, sie he mid stanum ofworpod ⁊ ne sie his flæsc eten; se hlaford bið unscyldig. Gif se oxa hnitol wære twam dagum ær oððe ðrim ⁊ se hlaford hit wisse ⁊ hine inne betynan nolde, ⁊ he ðonne wer oððe wîf ofsloge, sie he mid stanum ofworpod, ⁊ sie se hlaford ofslegen oððe forgolden, swa ðæt witan toryhte finden; sunu oððe dohtor gif he ofstinge, ðæs ilcan domes sie he wyrðe; gif he ðonne ðeow oððe ðeowmennen ofstinge, geselle þam hlaforde .xxx. scill. seolfres, ⁊ se oxa sie mid stanum ofworpod. Gif hwa

17. his ajenne slea )?eowne esne o5Se his wifman H | sy GH | lybbe G | nyht H | by}? H | scyldyg G : San G, Sam, vac. pe H hys G | feoh G, }?eow H I 17, 1. gyf Sonne he idseges sie G, gif he )?onne by}? H | see GH i| 18. Gyf G I ceaste GH | gewyrde G | gebete G | ^wyrdlan G, aewyrdlan, vac. }?one H | hym G 1 demeras H | jetsecan GLamb, gereccan H || 18, 1. gyf G I heo GH | sy GH | sylle GH || 19. gyf G | hwa G | hys GH | oSdd G, ofdo H I sylle GH | for toS GH | handa twice GH | for st. wiS G | fett twice H I for GH | bseminge twice G, bsernunj, bsernunje H | laele G || 20. ofslea H | l?eowan H ! J?eowene H | ut G, utt H | hy H | gedd GH | aneaje G, anegede H | freoge, ge above H j hi G, heo H | San G || 20, 1. gyf G 1 toS, vac. Sone H | ofaslea G ! do GH | sylfe G || 21. Gyf G | hi G, hy H I deade H | syn H | sy H | oftorfod H | sy H | 6ten G, geeten H 1 by}? H II 21, 1. oSSe }?rim sbr G, aer oSSe }?rym H | s6 G | nyste, gif he hit Sonne wiste GLamb | wiste H | betynan, vac. inne G, innan H | sy GH [