Maþær far sær aþalkono gætær uiþ barn dör sv fær aþra gætær viþ barn far hina þriðiu þör bonde þa konæ er livændi þa skal af takæ hemfylgh sinæ alt þet ær vnöt ær hun ællær hænær börn þa skal hin ælsti koldær boskipti kræfiæ takær af þriþiung af bo-n-o .
man gets himself wife begets by child dies this gets another begets by child gets that third dies peasant than woman is alive than shall of take dowry her all that which unused is she or her children than shall that oldest brood division demand take of third-part of estate-DAT-DEF
If a man marries a woman and has a child with her, after her death marries again and fathers a child and marries for the third time and dies, leaving the widow, she or her children should retrieve her dowry –all of it that is unspoilt– then the children of the first marriage demand a part in the estate and should be awarded a third of it.