An Abanning of Charters and the King’s School

Háligmónaþ MMXIX
Originally published in Spellstów Volume 1 Number 3 Blótmónaþ 2019

Be it known unto all that the Théodsmen of the Wínland Ríce gathered upon the day of the full moon of Háligmónaþ MMXIX at Géring Hall in Watertown, New York to offer their Hærfest Hæm faining to the goddess Neorþe and to hold Moot. At that gathering were folc of Géring Þéod and of the Ealdríce Háliggyld.

Here are the deemings that were then made with the Cyning and the folc of the Ríce:

I. Gárman Hláford Cyning signed the hold oath that Þórbeorht had sworn to him at Þrimilce.
II. Thereafter Þórbeorht read the Ealdríce Háliggyld’s frumgewrit (charter), which the Cyning did sign.
III. Þórbeorht then read the frumgewrit of Hræfenscír Heall on behalf of Ælfric Þegn Géringas, which the Cyning did sign.
IV. The guildsmen of the Ealdríce gifted their Cyning with a finely wrought æstel…