 He was one of the first men in that country, yet he had not more than twenty horned cattle, and twenty sheep, and twenty swine, and the little that he ploughed he ploughed with horses. But their wealth consists for the most part in the rent paid them...  The history of the Anglo-Saxons - Page 54by Sharon Turner - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Sharon Turner - 1807 - 498 lehte
...decoy hranas ; they be very dear amid the Finnas, because they take the wild hranas with them.101 . " He was amid the first men in those lands, though he...those gafol that the Finnas pay to them. These gafol be in deer skins, and in birds feathers, and whales bones, and in the ship ropes that be made of the... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1836 - 626 lehte
...unbought tame deer ; these deers they call hranas (rein-deer). There were six decoy hranas; they are very dear amid the Finnas, because they take the wild...ship-ropes that be made of the whales' hides, and of seals. G 2 " Every one pays according to his birth. The best born (or richest) shall pay fifteen martens'... | |
 | Anglo-Saxons - 1850 - 204 lehte
...Wulfstan and the sketch of Germany, see Monthly Volume xlvi., Life of Alfred the Great, pp. 139-146. cattle, and twenty sheep, and twenty swine ; and the...with horses ; but their wealth is most in those gafol (tribute) that the Finnas pay to them. These gafol be in deer skins, and in birds' feathers, and whales'... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1852 - 552 lehte
...wild-deer. He was amongst the first men in the land, though he had not more than twenty horned cattle, twenty sheep and twenty swine ; and the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. But their revenue is chiefly in the tribute, that the Finns pay them, which tribute is in skins of animals, feathers... | |
 | Reinhold Pauli - 1853 - 600 lehte
...because they catch the wild rein-deer with them. " He was one of the first men in that country, yet he had not more than twenty horned cattle, and twenty...ploughed he ploughed with horses. But their wealth consists for the most part in the rent paid them by the Fins. That rent is in skins of animals, and... | |
 | Reinhold Pauli - 1853 - 606 lehte
...because they catch the wild rein-deer with them. " He was one of the first men in that country, yet he had not more than twenty horned cattle, and twenty...ploughed he ploughed with horses. But their wealth consists for the most part in the rent paid them by the Fins. That rent is in skins of animals, and... | |
 | Reinhold Pauli - 1853 - 604 lehte
...rein-deer with them. " He was one of the first men in that country, yet he had not more than twenty kerB«a cattle, and twenty sheep, and twenty swine, and the...ploughed he ploughed with, horses. But their wealth consists, for the most part in the rent paid them by the Fins. That *&4t is in skins of animals, and... | |
 | Alfred (King of England) - 1858 - 768 lehte
...wild-deer. He was amongst the first men in the land, though he had not more than twenty horned cattle, twenty sheep and twenty swine ; and the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. But their revenue is chiefly in the tribute, that the Finns pay them, which tribute is in skins of animals, feathers... | |
 | Paulus Orosius - 1858 - 504 lehte
...wild-deer. He was amongst the first men in the land, though he had not more than twenty horned cattle, twenty sheep and twenty swine ; and the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. But their revenue is chiefly in the tribute, that the Finns pay them, which tribute is in skins of animals, feathers... | |
 | Paulus Orosius - 1860 - 254 lehte
...wild-deer. He wa< ffimongsrthe~7irst men in the land, though he had not more to twenty horned cattle, twenty sheep and twenty swine ; and the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. But their revenue is chiefly in the tribute, that the Finns pay them, wb1 tribute is in skins of animals, feathers... | |
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