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Motif-Index of Early Icelandic Literature
Q296. Injustice punished.
Q296.1. Sack offlom pushed down on peasant who accuses his wife of having stolen it.
Cf. Q411.13.1. BårdSn 18 ch. 9.
Q297. Siander punished. Cf. Q451.3.
Q330. Overweening punished.
Q331. Pride punished. Cf. L400. Suppl. to QlåfH in FMS V 181.
Q340. Meddling punished. Cf. P25.
Q341. Curiosity punished. Cf. H1219.8. GHrolf 318 ch. 28, cf. Q551.6.
Q400-599. KINDS OF PUNISHMENT
Q410. Capital punishment.
Q411. Death as punishment.
Q411.2. Undesired suitor hiding under giri’s bed is killed.
Q411.2.1. Undesired suitor killed asleep in his tent. Cf. K959.3; Rlll.1.9. Vilm 148
ch. 5.
Q411.6. Death as punishment for murder. HålfdE YIII-IX (FAS III 528-32); Pidr
II 369-74.
Q411.7. Death as punishment for ravisher. f>. af Sigurdi konungi slefu in Flb I 19-21
(FMS III 83-88); Mdr II 158-77.
Q411.10. Death as punishment for impudence. Cf. L430; Q283.
Q411.10.1. Man killed because of scornful singing. Halldors h- Snorrasonar in OlåfTr
in Flb I 507 (FMS III 154); Jokuls h- Bårdarsonar in OlåfH in FMS V 29 (Fjlsl
186-87). Cf. 6låfH ch. 172 in Hkr II 397.
Q411.ll. Death as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). Cf. Q222.
Q411.13. Death as punishment for thievery.
Q411.13.1. Charge of theft avenged by assault. HromH 411-14 (FMS III 145-51;
Fjlsl 166-72).
Q411.15. Death as punishment for dropping on emperor’s coat (escape). Flov 125,
168-70.
Q412. Punishment: millstone dropped on guilty person. Cf. Skåldsk ch. 5 (57); Saxo
lib. VIII c. IX 2-3 = Herrm 568 n. 2.
Q413. Punishment: hanging. Cf. P175.1; Q414.5; S113.1. The most common punish-
ment in the Sagas.
Q413.0.1. Threat of hanging. Cf. Q413.5.1. Atlam 33 and Hamd 21 = Vols ch. 37
(35), 42 (40); QlåfH ch. 172 in Hkr II 397; QlåfTr ch. 173 Flb I 337 (FMS II
72); Herv 36, 51, 127; ÅnB 339 ch. 4; HromGr 379 ch. 9; GHrolf 297 ch. 22;
HjOlv 490, 496 ch. 14; SorlaSt 439 ch. 17; Bosa 13, 97, 117 ch. 4, 8, 13; I>idr I
111, 161, 167, 177, 205, 291, II 99, 172; Bevers 227 ch. 14; Amb 18, 68 ch. 4,
12; HaraldHr 268; Cif 190; Andr 2, etc.
Q413.1. Hanging as punishment for theft (plundering). Knyti ch. 40; Sturl I 235;
Bisk I 224; GHrolf 300, 301 ch. 23; Bosa 13, 97 ch. 4, 8 (FAS III 200); t>idr I
111; VilhSj 20 ch. 9; Flov 147-48, 151, 159, 194 ch. 19, 21, 23, 14; Bevers 226
ch. 14; Gering I 236; Saxo lib. V c. XII = Herrm 471.
Q413.2. Hanging as punishment for adultery. Hamd 17, cf. Vols ch. 42 (40); t>idr I
296: Neckel in Zeitschr. f. Deutschkunde XLVI 283.