Hrānhuntoþ in Grēnelande

Hrānhuntoþ in Grēnelande is sƿīðe ƿeorþliċ for þǣm Kalaallitþēodum Grēnelandes and gamenhuntum, beȝen þēodisc and elþēodisc. Hrānas bēoþ ƿeorþliċ frumas flǣscmetes, and for hiera stǣre and selenesse. Huntoþsetnes biþ ƿeorþliċ for þǣm hrānum, þǣre ƿelnesse līfes þāra skrælinga, and þǣm metegræsstedum. Hrānhuntoþ biþ tō þǣm skrælingum sƿær ȝelimp, and plihtas and lēan hæfþ.

Stǣr

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Miċel ƿerliċ hrān

Hrānhuntoþ by mannum hæfþ dēop stǣr, and hrānas "mæȝ þæt dēor bēon grēatostes ƿeorþliċnesse eallra ȝeƿrita ymbe huntoþ."[1]

In Grēnelande, þā skrælingas huntaþ þā hrānas for fōde, clāðum, hāmum, and tōlum. Hīe brūcaþ crūcbogas, bogas, træppas, and nū nīƿlīċe gunnan. Hīe brūcaþ eall þæs hrān, beinnende hǣr, scynn, hornas, and bān. Mǣste man hunteþ hīe for hiera flǣscmete, ac ieldra hrānas mid grēatum hornum gōd for siȝebēacn bēoþ.

Man hunteþ mā hrānas in Grēnelande þonne ǣniȝ ōðer miċel gamen landsyċedēor. Hrān flǣscmete biþ sƿīðe ƿeorþliċ fōd in mǣstum hāmum, and bīdaþ þā lēode ȝeorne þǣm fylhuntoþtīman tō beȝinnenne.

Fruman

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  1. The Caribou/Wild Reindeer as a Human Resource. American Antiquity, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul., 1972), pp. 339-368.