>>15796600>Does that include fish as well or no?good question, my guess would be that it did not include fish
>Concerning witchcraft>Upon God shall all men believe, but not on bolvan [curses] and bloting [sacrifice].>And if it becomes known that a man is involved with heathen blot, those that are forbidden in the bokmaal [book-language, Latin], then he is guilty and must pay 3 marks of silver.>And if a woman bites off the finger or toe of her child to make it langlivis [long-living], then she is guilty and must pay 3 marks of silver.>And if a woman raises her child in heathen ways, or the husband, they are guilty and must pay 3 marks of silver.>The worst of witches are those who seduce men, women, children, cow, or calf. And if witchcraft is discovered in peoples bed or pillows, such as>hair or nails or frogs feet, or other things which indicate witchcraft, then the bishops agent may call upon three men or women from the village as representative peers.>Each one of them is obliged to defend themselves by jernbyrd [lit. "iron burden"], if they become pure by iron then they are innocent, but should they become unpure by iron,>then they have "transferred" the case and violated property and peace, land and possessions, and have a five day deadline from the iron that betrays,>and can then be killed whenever they are encountered.if I understand this correctly, collective punishment was enacted upon finding heathen trinkets, and not necessarily against the owner, but against three "similar" people from that village or area. I don't know what "iron burden" entails.
