Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1966, Page 195

M. ORDAINING THE FUTURE
MO-99. JUDGMENTS AND DECREES
M20. Short-sighted judgments.
M21. King Lear judgment. Breta sogur ch. 10 in Hb 248-52.
M100-199. VOWS AND OATHS
M100. Vows and oaths.
M105. Equivocal oaths. Cf. J1161; K1513.
M110. Taking of vows and oaths. Vries 49.
Ml 12. Oath taken on ring. Hav 110; Akv 30; Eyrb IV 7, XVI 8; Dropl ch. 6; Viga-
Glum ch. 25; Ulfljotslog in Hb ch. 268 and Sturlubok ch. 68 in Ldb 139 n. and
55 n., Kjaln ch. 2, LorstUxaf 249 (FMS III 105-06, Fjlsl 439), and I>ordarH 94
ch. 1; Vries 116. Cf. Francis P. Magoun, jnr., in APhS XX 277—93; Anne Holts-
mark in Maal og Minne 1941, 1 ff.
Ml 13. Oath taken on arms.
Ml 13.1. Oath taken on sword. Cf. Herrm 197 ad Skjold 119 ch. 13, Saxo lib. II
c. VIII 3.
Ml 14. Oaths taken on sacred object. Akv 30: on the sun and on Odin’s mountain;
cf. Anne Holtsmark in Maal og Minne 1941, 1 ff. »Kong Atles eder«.
Ml 14.2. Oath taken on holy stone. Gudr III 3.
M114.3. Vows taken on holy swine. Cf. VI.8.4. Herv 54, 129 (FAS I 463).
Ml 19. Taking of vows and oaths - miscellaneous.
Ml 19.3. Vows taken as an old Norse custom at festivals, especially at Yule time. Cf.
M155. Hard ch. 14; J6msv ch. 33 (27); EirikV ch. 1 (Flb I 29); Hænsal> ch. 12;
Svarfd ch. 19; Floam ch. 2; 6låfTr ch. 86, 291 in FMS I 161, II 154; Herv 5,
54-55, 129 (FAS I 417, 463); KetilH 125 ch. 4; SturlSt 633 ch. 21; IllGr 661 ch.
1; Andr 18, 53, 70. Cf. Lagerholm 18 ad EgÅsm V 5; Cleasby and Vigfusson’s
Diet. 1874 p. 253 and Fritzner I 779: »heitstrenging«; GrønbechVFO IV 69-70,
126; Reuschel 66; Schlauch 25, 102; Vries 151.
M119.4. Vows taken by placing one’s foot on a certain post in the hall, »stiga å stokke.
HrolfKr 85 ch. 28 (FAS I 86); GHrolf 297 ch. 22; HrålfG 66 ch. 39 (FAS III
164); (y.) OOdd 186 (FAS II 293); LorstB 185 ch. 6; Hard ch. 14.
M120. Vows concerning personal appearancc.
M121. Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time. Eg III 1 = HaraldHårf ch. 4
and 23 in Hkr I 103, 130, ch. 2 in Fsk 15 = OlåfTr ch. 1 in FMS I 3, ch. 455,
459 in Flb I 566, 569; HålfdS ch. 6 in FMS X 175 (as curse by Dofri); Vigl 76
ch. 17. Cf. A. Bugge in Edda VII 166 ff.; Sten Konow in Maal og Minne, Oslo
1913, 1-25; Sveinsson in FFC 83 xxiv.
M130. Vows concerning sex. Cf. H310.
M145. Vow to wed no man who cannot perform certain feat. Cf. Vols ch. 21 (22): a
man who cannot be frightened.