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the Ems. The latter subjugation of this country has caused the preserv-
ing of a single codex of the Asega-b&k in the archives of Oldenburg. I
here give a specimen of its language.
Tkit is thet twintegoste londriucht.
8a hweraa northmann an thet lond hla-
path. and hia ennemon fath. and bindath.
an nt of lande ledath. and eft withir to
kmde brengath and hini ther to twingath
thet hi hus-barne. and wif nedgie. and
man ale and gadis bus barne. and bwed
sa hi to letbe dwa mi. alsa hi tbenne
undfliuch ieftha lesed wertb. and withir
to londe kumth. and to liodon sinon.
sa willath him tha liode thing to seka.
and sinne opa werpa' truch thet ginte e
morth ther hi er mith tha witsingon d
efrennth* heth. Sa mire tbenne afara
thene warf gnnga. and iecbta mire tala.
enne eth hach r hi tbenne opa tha beligon
to swerande. thet hit al dede bi there
nede. alsa him sin bera bad. ther hi was
lines, and lethana 1 en unweldicb mon.
8a ne thuraon* him tha liode ne frana.
to haldaseka nl sinna truch thettbi frana
ne muchte him thes fretha 1 wariaj tbi
skalk k skolde dwa alsa him sin hera bad
truch thes lines willa. — Asega-B6k, p. 97.
This is the twentieth landright (law).
