Heill Konrad!

Sorry it's taken awhile to get back to you, I've had a bit of backlog to get
through.

Many thanks for this, it's been a great help.

I've attempted a translation of your passage, but I suspect it's rather crude
- corrections?

One must attack a player (musician)
(and break the peace)
that shall ever be a worthy thing
One must (defile?) a player
he who with fiddle goes
or with fiddle fares
or (on) drum (beats)
then shall hang that one who beats (it)

because with fair songs
and striking up playing (music)
shall all (of them) worship heathen gods

konrad_oddsson wrote:

> Here is how the law SHOULD read:
>
> Verðr leikari barðr
> (ok friðr á brotinn)
> þat skal æ gilt vesa
> Verðr leikari sárgaðr
> sá es með gígju gengr
> eða með fiðlu ferr
> eða (á) bumbu (berr)
> þá skal hengja þann es barði
>
> þvíat með fögrum söngvi
> ok slegnum slætti
> skal fjörg öll fága

--
Daniel Bray
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School of Studies in Religion A20
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

"Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an
unidentified source." Ron Nesen