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Appendix A: Administrative, Judicial and Fiscal Subdivisions
Guta lag and Guta saga
- The Law of the Gotlanders (Guta lag)
- GS. Guta saga.
| GL |
|---|
| Gotland, land |
| þriþiunger |
| siettungr |
| hundari / þing |
The relationship between hundari and thing has not been fully investigated.
Norwegian laws
- The Borgarting Law (Borgartingsloven).
- The Eidsivathing Law (Eidsivatingsloven).
- The Gulathing Law (Gulatingsloven).
- The Frostathing Law (Frostatingsloven).
| BorgL. | EidsL. | GuL. | FrL. |
|---|---|---|---|
| fylki | fylki | fylki, sýsla | fylki, sýsla1 |
| – | þriðjungr | fjórðungr | Þriðjungr2 / fjórðungr |
| herað | herað | áttungr | séttungr / áttungr |
| skipreiða | skipreiða | ||
| manngerð |
Key to the table: The relationship between fylki and sýsla has not been fully investigated. / between two terms indicates parallel systems.
1) presupposed by the term sýslumaðr. 2) presupposed by the term þriðjungsmaðr.
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Figure 4. Norwegian legislative regions. Map from Mykland 1989, map 28. © Cappelen Damm, with permission from the publisher.
