Abstract
Medieval Latin texaca is a loan from Germanic languages (presumably Old West Franconian) and means ›theft‹, especially the criminal forms which were originally punished by death penalty. The word is a compound, consisting of Germanic *tak- ›take (away)‹ and *sakō meaning ›guilt, sin, crime‹. Analyzing title 10 (= 11 D, E) of the ›Lex Salica‹ and its ›Malbergian glosses‹ it can be shown in what cases texaca is used and how it can be differentiated in order to describe special crimes concerning murder or abduction of slaves. As a by-product the case of theft by a slave in favour of a freeman is discussed. As a result it can be shown that a particularly long and intriguing gloss is sort of a table of contents of the whole title 10.
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