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Fvjxb
Summary
The Royal Library, Copenhagen http://www.kb.dk/elib/mss/holmiensis/ 2005-11-23
Dansk:
Translitterering af teksten (
Jyske lov
, givet af Valdemar Sejr i Vordingborg den 10. marts 1241):
Mæth logh skal land byggas. Men wild hvar man minæs at sitt eghet. oc late mæn nytæ iafnæth [jævnt] tha thurftæ [”tarvede”] mæn ækki logh wich [?]. men ængi logh ær iam gooth att fyllægh sum sanænd. hwa sum mæn æuær um sannænd thær skal logh […]rthæ hwilt ræt ær. waræ ei logh a landæ. tha hafthæ hin mest hwer mest mattæ gripæ. thy skal logh æfthær allæ mæn gøres...
Mæth logh skal land byggas. Men wild hvar man minæs at sitt eghet. oc late mæn nytæ iafnæth [jævnt] tha thurftæ [”tarvede”] mæn ækki logh wich [?]. men ængi logh ær iam gooth att fyllægh sum sanænd. hwa sum mæn æuær um sannænd thær skal logh […]rthæ hwilt ræt ær. waræ ei logh a landæ. tha hafthæ hin mest hwer mest mattæ gripæ. thy skal logh æfthær allæ mæn gøres...
Dansk:
Moderne dansk:
Med lov skal land bygges, men vilde enhver nøjes med sit eget og lade andre nyde samme Ret, da behøvede man ikke nogen Lov. Men ingen Lov er jævngod at følge som Sandheden, men hvor man er i Tvivl om, hvad der er sandhed, der skal Loven vise Sandheden. Var der ikke Lov i Landet, da havde den mest, som kunde tilegne sig mest. Derfor skal Loven gøres efter alles Tarv...
Med lov skal land bygges, men vilde enhver nøjes med sit eget og lade andre nyde samme Ret, da behøvede man ikke nogen Lov. Men ingen Lov er jævngod at følge som Sandheden, men hvor man er i Tvivl om, hvad der er sandhed, der skal Loven vise Sandheden. Var der ikke Lov i Landet, da havde den mest, som kunde tilegne sig mest. Derfor skal Loven gøres efter alles Tarv...
English:
Word-to-word translation (
The law of Jutland
, given on March 10th 1241 by
Valdemar (called Sejr)
at his castle, Vordingborg, Denmark):
With law must land be built. But would every man mind his own. and let men enjoy equally then needed men not law [?]. but no law is so good to follow as truth, when men quarrel about truth must law [...]show what right is. Were no law on land. Then had he most who most may grasp. Therfore must law after all men be made...
With law must land be built. But would every man mind his own. and let men enjoy equally then needed men not law [?]. but no law is so good to follow as truth, when men quarrel about truth must law [...]show what right is. Were no law on land. Then had he most who most may grasp. Therfore must law after all men be made...
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