Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1966, Blaðsíða 197

M. Ordaining the Future
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M165. Vow to ask nobody for peace, grace. Cf. R71. Fridjij V 8, VII 3 (FAS II 72,
82, 495).
M166. Other vows about fighting.
M166.1. Vow never to give more than one blow in a fight and never to beat a fallen
enemy nor take his weapons. Fi3r I 175, 190.
M166.2. Vow rather to be cut in pieces than permit oneself to be bound. Fidr II 21.
M167. Vow to serve only the most generous of all kings. JarlmH 29 ch. 15.
Ml68. Vow not to devastate country or take revenge after release. Fi3r II 146.
M168.1. Vow not to deceive the man who spared one’s life. GHrolf 308 ch. 25; cf.
Har6 ch. 34: vow not to deceive friends; cf. P310.
M171. Vow never to accept a man who does not know any sport, (y.) OOdd 142-44
(FAS II 262).
M182. Vow not to enter any house before reaching one’s own. Fidr II 347.
M200-299. BARGAINS AND PROMISES
M200. Bargains and promises.
M201. Making of bargains and promises.
M201.1. Biood covenant. Contract written (or signed) with biood.
M201.1.1. Biood of contractors mixed to seal bargain. Cf. P312.
M201.3. Spitting of all parties into vessel to seal bargain. Skåldsk ch. 4 (57) = MC
53; Vries 181.
M201.5. Covenant confirmed by marriage. Jomsv ch. 23, 29 (19, 26); Fær ch. 41;
Styrbjarnar b- in FMS V 247; Vols ch. 28 (26), cf. Fi3r II 39-41; Herv 52-53,
128 (FAS I 462); Fundinn Noregr in Flb I 220 (ib. II 20); Fri3bj V 1 (ib. 70,491);
Gautr 48, 71 ch. 11 (ib. III 52-53); HålfdE XV 1-7, XXI 2 (ib. 539, 551); HrolfG
46 ch. 28 (ib. 139 ch. 20); (y.) Bosa 74 ch. 3 (failed attempt); Vigl 80, 91 ch. 18,
21; VilhSj 94 ch. 40; Sigb 217 ch. 39; SaulusN 25 ch. 11; Saxo lib. VIII c. X 9.
M201.6. Covenant confirmed by hostages (fostering one another’s children, cf. P271.4).
HrolfG 7-8 ch. 4 (FAS III 65-66); OOdd 4-7 (ch. I 7-8; FAS II 163, 505);
Fidr II 105; FloresS III 3-9; SamsF ch. 1-2; Stark 7 ch. 3.
M201.7.* Covenant confirmed by going »undir jardarmen«. Cf. P312. GislaS ch. 6;
Fostbr ch. 2; ForstVik 445 ch. 21, etc. Cf. Fritzner II 228 »jardarmen«; Vries
43-44 and in APhS III 106-35; Stefan Einarsson ib. IX 85-91.
M205. Breaking of bargains or promises.
M205.3. A man who breaks his oath to a woman cannot be king with right. GHrolf
245-46 ch. 3.
M208. Price set on one's head. Njåla LXXXVII 41; ForstVik 439 ch. 19; Fi3r II
320 (307); ÅnB 342 ch. 5; Ålafl IX 3 = Lagerholm 100; Atla6 5 ch. 4; Vlgk
14 ch. 4.
M2I0. Bargain with devil. Cf. Gering I 246-54: marriage with fairy woman.
M211. Man seils soul to devil (Faust, Theophilus). Gering I 48, 154.
M211.2. Man seils soul to devil in return for devil’s budding house (barn, etc.). Cf.
M266.1.
M220. Other bargains.