SVEYN I FORKBEARD

Every man who rowed upon the sea to fish should pay the king five fish for the defense of the land. At Yule every man should pay the king a meal of malt from every harvest steading, and a leg of a three-year old ox. Every house-wife [must pay] a rock full of unspun lint, as thick as one could span with the longest fingers of the hand. Every man, foreigner or native, who went to Iceland, should pay a tax to the king.

Danes should enjoy so much consideration in Norway, that one witness of them should invalidate ten of Northmen [Norwegians].

Danes should enjoy so much consideration in Norway, that one witness of them should invalidate ten of Northmen [Norwegians].

Every man who rowed upon the sea to fish should pay the king five fish for the defense of the land. At Yule every man should pay the king a meal of malt from every harvest steading, and a leg of a three-year old ox. Every house-wife [must pay] a rock full of unspun lint, as thick as one could span with the longest fingers of the hand. Every man, foreigner or native, who went to Iceland, should pay a tax to the king.