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Why the recording was stopped in or before 793 is unclear. The text of the Lex ends somewhat abruptly, suggesting that the drafting ended suddenly, before completion. Henstra suspects that this had to do with the rebellion against the Frankish rulers in Ost Friesland in those years. Maybe, the Lex was recorded under the supervision of count Diederik, a relative of Charlemagne, who was a military leader in Frisia at the end of the 8th century. This idea is based on the 10th-century Westerlauwers Law, which mentions a 'Herderik' who recorded the Frisian rules of law (Henstra, 1999, p 295-297). According to Jaekel, Lex Frisionum, when mentioning a dux (duke) would refer to this Diederik (Jaekel, 1895, p 22; see also Algra, 2000, p 107). Diederik and his army suffered a heavy defeat in the year 793 near Rüstringen, against the Saxons. Whether Diederik himself fell in that battle is unknown, but we do know that since than his name does not appear in the chronicles any more, and that the Fulda Necrologium mentions the death of a 'Theotheri' in that same year (Nieuwenhuijsen, 2009, p 31). If all suggestions and presumptions are true, this would explain why the recording of the Lex Frisionum halted suddenly in the year 793.
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