Mygdållaðr/Writing System

Ðubegsaglirr
The main writing system used in Mygdållaðr is the system of letters used in Ðubeg (Theubeg), with some modifications and the use of diacritics based on the Younger Saglirr. Words originating from Theubeg are written in the original mode.

The Law of Æþotaled
The Law of Æþotaled is the oldest extant written manuscript employing early modern Mygdållaðr. Some archaic affixes and words exist in the text, but the manuscript is otherwise intelligible to a modern speaker.

Title I. Prologue

During the fortieth year of the life of Æþotaled the White, the judge over the lowlands, he and his subjects settled the inside of the Greenvalley. On the first day of Alegæn of the month of a harvesting, our honorable judge dictated the law to me. Here are the tenets of the law transcribed by Ætelloð the Humble. Alegæn guide my pen and also ensure justice.

æþotaled urå mæk yβalagkiloniksir teodallagrnesir gudrenmir šynsói yβegrwineðe* jondolló æþotaled urå to midsir torållarþå ymaŋartoβigmir yveŋmut. farójønmir dæβanmir alegænsir jøti yhikr jonmygdållyðåþenjonnek modmå ovala βalagkiloniknur mydæo yβalagmut. y dorir yβalagmir komenturin ige ætelloð bodin sagluureøðettogyr. alasy alegænnur mydsir saglirøðetnut janolli mygarón vathoŋmut.

Title II. Concerning Summons

If one were to be summoned to the all-council by the judge's law and also comes not, one would be sentenced to 15 hundred-sæðod or the equivalent.

dækóp*tiŋ ki yβalagkiloniksir βalag vånvuhorojodnåtogyr mødnóþe janolli suliβe sóu hijosæðod ror ygalið ovufæðjodnå midnóþe

But if one were to summon someone else and also without a lawful delay comes not, one would be sentenced to 15 hundred-sæðod or the equivalent and it shall be paid to the one who was summoned.

gatte vånhoro mødnur vikfiri janolli βalagmop šåp suliβeþenir sóu hijosæðod ror ygalið ovufæðjodnå midnóþe