Gairethinx
The gairethinx was a Lombard ceremony in which edicts and laws were affirmed by the army. It may have involved the entire army banging their spears on their shields. It may have been a much quieter event.
It is etymologically related to the Thing of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons and the Althing of Iceland.
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