Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch (DRW): Oftalu

Oftalu

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Verteidigung, Klagabweisung
  • þat he [arcebisceope] ⁊ his þegenas ... hy on riht gesemdon. be ontale ⁊ be oftale [that he and his thanes ... should justly decide between them, by plaint and by defence] 
    um 1006 DiplAngl. 302