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“ circulars, * unless he is ordered to do so by a
“ message from the king, or unless the lord of
“ the manor desire to hold a Thing.”
* Circulars : The code says : “ Budhkafla vpskijera,”
literally, cut up the chip of message. This phrase is one of
frequent occurrence in Swedish laws. For the right under-
standing of this expression, the reader ought to compare it
with the analogous Icelandic expression, “ skera up heror,”
to cut up the war-arrow, which he will find explained in al-
most every one of the glossaries to the Sagas, edited by the
Arnamagnean Commission of Copenhagen. The origin of
both phrases is the same, viz. that in order to convoke the
people speedily, cither to repel an invading foe, or to hold a
court, or to deliberate on any public concern ; the ancient
Scandinavians cut some pieces of wood in the form of an arrow
or halbert, which they sent at once east, west, north, and
south, to the inhabitants of the surrounding district; perhaps
Runic letters were sometimes cut on these pieces, laconically
stating the object of the meeting: but this tessera was for-
warded from place to place with such extraordinary speed,
that in most cases it would have been useless to write any
thing upon it, as keeping it for a few minutes even to examine
the writing, would have been a breach of law, and ancient good
custom : its form was typical of the rapidity with which it was
desired it should be sent. In Iceland this custom is still pre-
served, only with this difference, that the magistrate of the
district summoning the inhabitants to a Thing in the month
of May, wraps a proclamation written on paper round the
wooden halbert. The inhabitants are still anxious to forward
it with great rapidity. They read the proclamation at the
doors of their houses—holding it unlawful to take it under their
roof—rand then send a fast running boy away with it to its next
stage. Its route is prescribed by ancient custom, and carrying
it to any other place than the customary one, is a breach of
law, punishable by a considerable fine. Respecting the carry-
ing of the Budhkafla, the Uplandzlagh prescribes as follows:
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