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the very bosom of the community, and originated en-
tirely with the next of kin, or nearest representatives of
the slain, and with his nearest neighbours, as serving on
the inquest, and hearing evidence as witnesses. There
was no State interference of any kind.*
When the time came for the meeting of the Althing,
on the Thursday when ten summer weeks were passed, j-
all the parties to the suit, as well as all the witnesses,
and the nine neighbours who were to form the inquest,
Avere bound to ride to the Althing. There the next
step in the suit was the solemn notice (lysning) given
from the Hill of Laws of the suit, and at the same time
the plaintiff asked formally in what Quarter Court the
suit lay, and in what district and in what house in the
Quarter the defendant dwelt, % in order that the suit
might be brought before the proper tribunal. This
notice might be given on any day, so that it was fairly
* In cases of homicide no summoning of the manslayer was
needed. He was bound to confess the deed as soon as it was com-
mitted, under pain of being held guilty of murder. In civil suits,
or in those for petty crimes, as in Unna’s suit against Hrut for her
portion, or in that for Hallgerda’s theft, the plaintiff had to summon
the defendant at his own abode, a service often of no small danger.
t The Icelandic year was divided into two parts, summer and
winter, each consisting of twenty-six weeks; the first summer day was
the Thursday which fell between the 9th and 15th of April, old style.
£ This was called at spyrja at pingfesti ok heimilisfangi.
Jc
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(507) Illustration
(508) Illustration
(509) Rear Flyleaf
(510) Rear Flyleaf
(511) Rear Board
(512) Rear Board
(513) Spine
(514) Fore Edge
(515) Scale
(516) Color Palette