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hús-bonda

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  • þonne gé tó gereorde gelaðode beóð, ne sitte gé on þám fyrmestam setlum, þe lǽs ðé árwurðra

    (honoratior te. Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, v. l. )

    háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum,
      Mt. 20, 28.
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[In the old Latin version of Ine's laws húslgenga is misunderstood, and (written hulsgenga) is explained as ' duodecimhindus uel husbonda', Ll. Lbmn. 97, 19. In a previous section (15) it is explained as ' duodecimhyndus'.]
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