Bókastaðir

An Old Norse Library

The Laws of Early Iceland

The law of the Icelandic Commonwealth, as from the Konungsbók manuscript. The text is Vilhjálmur Finsen’s edition of 1852, which prints the manuscript in the scribe’s own spelling. It was transcribed from scans of the printed page using AI. Chapter numbers follow Finsen’s edition, and the whole of Konungsbók is here, from the Christian laws to the tithe. Because of the manuscript’s unconventional spelling and the lower quality of the scans, this text has a higher risk of transcription error than others on the site.

125,941 words · 268 chapters · Old Norse · 100% glossed

Kristinna laga þáttr The Christian Laws

• 1–5
• 6–10
• 11–15
• 16–19

Þingskapaþáttr Assembly Procedure

• 20–24
• 25–29
• 30–34
• 35–39
• 40–44
• 45–49
• 50–54
• 55–59
• 60–64
• 65–69
• 70–74
• 75–79
• 80–84
• 85

Vígslóði The Law of Homicide

• 86–90
• 91–95
• 96–100
• 101–105
• 106–110
• 111–112

Baugatal The Wergild List

• 113–115

Lögsögumannsþáttr The Lawspeaker

• 116

Lögréttuþáttr The Law Council

• 117

Arfaþáttr Inheritance

• 118–122
• 123–127

Ómagabálkr Dependants

• 128–132
• 133–137
• 138–142
• 143

Festaþáttr Betrothal and Marriage

• 144–148
• 149–153
• 154–158
• 159–163
• 164–168
• 169–171

Landabrigðaþáttr Land Claims

• 172–176
• 177–181
• 182–186
• 187–191
• 192–196
• 197–201
• 202–206
• 207–211
• 212–216
• 217–220

Fjárleiguþáttr Loans and Hire

• 221–225
• 226

Rannsóknaþáttr Searches

• 227–231
• 232–233

Hreppaskilaþáttr The Commune

• 234–238
• 239–243
• 244–248
• 249–253
• 254

Tíundarþáttr The Tithe

• 255–259
• 260–264
• 265–268

Source

• Vilhjálmur Finsen (ed.), Grágás. Elzta lögbók Íslendinga, Copenhagen 1852 — Scanned by the Internet Archive from the Library of Congress copy. Transcribed from the page scans. Public domain.

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