the old English "Ranks of Men").
(o) No suit to lie on promise and pledge; fine of a gold lb.

for asking pledge.
(p) Wager of battle is to be the universal mode of proof.
(q) If an alien kill a Dane two aliens must suffer.

(This is practically the same principle as appears in the half weregild of the Welsh in West Saxon Law.) B.An illustration of the more capricious of the old enactments and the jealousy of antique kings.
(a) Loss of gifts sent to the king involves the official responsible; he shall be hanged.

(This is introduced as illustration of the cleverness of Eric and the folly of Coll.) C.Saxo associates another set of enactments with the completion of a successful campaign of conquest over the Ruthenians, and shows Frode chiefly as a wise and civilising statesman, making conquest mean progress.
(a) Every free householder that fell in war was to be set in his barrow with horse and arms (cf.

"Vatzdaela Saga", ch.