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Click to Expand/Collapse OptionPrologue
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Old Norse, ed. Faulkes, p. 106,1-107,1
Maðr heitir einn hverr,
tá ef tveir ró,
þorp ef þrír ró,
fjórir ró fǫruneyti,
flokkr eru fimm menn,
sveit ef sex eru,
sjau fylla sǫgn,
átta bera ámælisskor,
nautar eru níu,
dúnn ef tíu eru,
ærir eru ellifu,
toglǫð er ef tólf fara,
þyss eru þréttán,
ferð er fjórtán,
fundr er þá er fimtán hittask,
seta eru sextán,
(107,1) sókn eru sjautján,
œrnir þykkja óvinir þeim er átján mœtir,
neyti hefir sá er nítján menn hefir,
drótt er tuttugu menn,
þjóð eru þrír tigir,
fólk eru fjórir tigir,
fylki eru fimm tigir,
samnaðr of eru sex tigir,
sørvar eru sjau tigir,
ǫld eru átta tigir,
herr er hundrað.
English, tr. Brodeur, 1916, p. 235,1
LXVI. “Each one singly is called man; ‘t is twain if they are two; three are a thorp; four are a group; a band is five men; if there are six, it is a squad; seven complete a crew; eight men make a panel; nine are ‘good fellows;’ ten are a gang; eleven form an embassy; it is a dozen if twelve go together; thirteen are a crowd; fourteen are an expedition; it is a gathering, when fifteen meet; sixteen make a garrison; seventeen are a congregation; to him who meets eighteen, they seem enemies enough. He who has nineteen men has a company; twenty men are a posse; thirty are a squadron; forty, a community; fifty are a shire; sixty are an assembly; seventy are a line; eighty are a people; one hundred is a host.
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