Talk:Scanian Law

I added "makes a confession to a priest and gets absolution" to the translation of an excerpt of the law since that IMHO is a very important part of it, as it explains why a man who is killed outright isn't buried within the confines of the churchyard while a man who is injured and later dies is. The words "oc scriftær sic" in the part of the transcription that reads "oc cum bær lifuande bort. oc scriftær sic. oc dør sithan af thy sare" had been omitted in the translation. In present day, albeit slightly archaic, Swedish it would be "och kommer levande därifrån, och skriftar sig (or "biktar sig"), och dör sedan av de såren". The omitted words literally mean "and makes a confession to a priest and gets absolution". Allan Akbar (talk) 21:14, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I checked the reference on the page and the modern Danish translation that was said to be the basis for the English translation includes the part about confessing to a priest and being absolved. So the error was in the Danish -> English translation. This is the paragraph in modern Danish as per the web page that was referred to: "Får horkarlen sår i seng med en anden mands kone og han kommer levende væk og skrifter, og han siden dør af det sår, da skal han begraves i kirkegården og bonden skal ikke bøde for ham." Allan Akbar (talk) 00:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)