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...rogress of medieval Icelandic culture from an honor-centered pagan past to law-focused and orderly Christian future. ...

"I will grant it thee, father-in-law," said Flosi, "for that alone wilt thou ask which will make my honour great ...," said Flosi, "that I will do according to the word of Hall, my father-in-law, and other of the worthiest men, that he and others of the best men on each ...

...in the family and contemporary sagas, as well as drawing on the ''Grágás'' law code, to explore 13th-century attitudes to the problem of male sexuality. S ...

...not get them back, and yet he was a great lawyer, but I know little about law." She answered, "Hrut pushed that matter through rather by boldness than by law; besides, my father was old, and that was why men thought it better not to ...

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..., where the practices are explained with indications on customs or the old law from the time of the sagas, on the other hand in words and actions of perso ...

...aphorically the extinguishing of the light of Njáll’s eyes, the process of law is once again incapacitated, and the resulting courthearing reaches deadloc ...

Earl Sigurd bade to his feast at Yule Earl Gilli, his brother- in-law, out of the Southern isles; he had to wife Swanlauga, Earl Sigurd's sister; ...t if they misbehaved themselves oftener, then he let them be judged by the law; and from this one may mark what a king he must have been. ...

...be foredoomed that this faith shall make its way, then it will be taken as law at the Althing, and then all the chiefs out of the districts will be there. ...k," says Gest, "though it may be fated that others shall make Christianity law; but it is here as the saying runs, 'No tree falls at the first stroke.'" ...

...-law. He was slow to take the duty on him, and said it was harder to go to law with Flosi than with any other ten men. ...next of kin. Thou handest it over to me by law, and I take it from thee by law." ...

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...iages are reflecting the “epic threefold repetition”. This repetition is a law of composition employed by Axel Olrik, indicating that the narrative materi ...

...agan ethics are influenced by the doctrine of Natural Religion and Natural Law, as seen in the Prose Edda; the presence of ethical pagan ancestors arguabl ...

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"That is right and good law," says Mord, "but how does the matter stand if Gunnar has laid the slaying "Thou speakest nothing but what is law," says Mord, "though it is hard to abide by it." ...

...e his sword against his attackers, he made of him an embodiment of the new law in action. Höskuldr rejects the old code of ‘eye for eye, tooth for toot ...e his sword against his attackers, he made of him an embodiment of the new law in action. Höskuldr rejects the old code of ‘eye for eye, tooth for toot ...

...n finding a strong, benign and paternal figure in the king, a king to give law, favour, praise and reward - all of which, despite his family's virtual feu ...

...of Thorod. That father and son were great chiefs, and very well skilled in law. Thorod was thought to be rather crafty and guileful. They stood by Gizur t ...I have a right to forbid thee by the common custom of the Thing and by the law of the land. ...

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...ulating society while men side with new ideas about a society in which the law and agreements prevail. This division mirrors a transitional time in Icelan ...

...I do not think your claim to the ownership of that property is against the law of the land; yet methinks the property is now come into strong keeping. The 'Yet,' said Egil, 'my mind is that, if we have law to show, we should try. Maybe the king will grant us right in this, for I a ...

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...the risk with the force that we have. Ye must go with your weapons to all law-business, but not fight as things stand." ...

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...the Conversion. " [[Miller, William Ian. Conversion and the Genius of the Law: Chapters 100–6]] (p. 189).</ref> ...the Conversion. " [[Miller, William Ian. Conversion and the Genius of the Law: Chapters 100–6]] (s. 189).</ref> ...

...mbat on the island, Wolf Uggis' son, if men are not to get their rights by law; and Njal and my friend Helgi would like that I should take some share in d ...

"I will follow up thy suit," said Flosi, "to the utmost limit of the law, or strive for that atonement which good men and true shall say that we oug ...in which it is possible to achieve redress for a killing: by means of the law, by a private settlement (both mentioned by Flosi) and by means of blood ve ...

...matter, and it behoves us who know the law, and who are bound to guide the law, to set men at one again, and to ensue peace. 'Twere good counsel, then, me ...he Court of Laws are not agreed as to what they shall allow or bring in as law, then they shall clear the court for a division, and the majority shall bin ...

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...have a right to forbid you by the common custom of the Althing, and by the law of the land." ...

...gave notice of the suit in the quarter Court into which the suit ought by law to come; I gave notice of that lawful notice; I gave notice in the hearing ...gave notice of the suit in the Quarter Court into which the suit ought by law to come; I gave notice of that lawful notice; I gave notice in the hearing ...

...d be a kind of higher aesthetic justice served by avenging such as he, the law be damned." [[Miller, William Ian. Revenge for Gunnar: Chapters 77–81]] ( ...d be a kind of higher aesthetic justice served by avenging such as he, the law be damned." [[Miller, William Ian. Revenge for Gunnar: Chapters 77–81]] ( ...

"New priesthoods," answers Mord, "have been set up here, and a law for a Fifth Court, and men have declared themselves out of my Thing, and ha ...

...oods. Thorarin's surname was Ragi's brother; he had the Speakership of the Law after Rafn Heing's son. He was a very wise man, and lived at Varmalek, and ...de, and willfulness." [[Ordower, Henry. Exploring the Literary Function of Law and Litigation in "Njal's Saga."]] (p. 45). </ref> ...

...in which it is possible to achieve redress for a killing: by means of the law, by a private settlement (both mentioned by Flosi) and by means of blood ve ...

...lsnati had taken the life of Havard in Thraswick, Earl Sigurd's brother-in-law. So Arnljot sent word to Earl Sigurd to come south with a great host and dr ...

...ful, of Otterdale (1). Eyjolf was a man of great rank, and best skilled in law of all men, so that some said he was the third best lawyer in Iceland. He w ...ment, and that is not a bad choice, but the other is to defend the suit at law, if there be any defence to it, though that will seem to be a bold course; ...

...rama of the episode." [[Ordower, Henry. Exploring the Literary Function of Law and Litigation in "Njal's Saga."]] (p. 50). </ref> and afterwards men rode ...rama of the episode." [[Ordower, Henry. Exploring the Literary Function of Law and Litigation in "Njal's Saga."]] (s. 50). </ref> Riðu menn síðan heim ...

...mmon this cause before the Fifth Court, whither the cause ought to come by law; I summon it to be pleaded now and to full outlawry. I summon with a lawful ...l you out and set you aside by the rightful custom of the Althing, and the law of the land." ...

...s belonged to Thora; and thereafter Thorir and Bjorn were good brothers-in-law and friends. Bjorn then stayed at home at Aurland with Brynjolf, Thorolf al ...

...en my property by force of arms. I have the king's leave herein to try the law with you in this cause. I summon you to the Gula-thing, there to have lawfu ...ould not accept Atli's oaths for his own property. 'I will offer you other law, that we do battle here at the Thing, and he shall have the property who wi ...