This wergild is equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king.
AElfwine, the brother of Ecgfrith, was slain on this occasion, but at the intervention of Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, AEthelred agreed to pay a wergild for the Northumbrian prince and so prevented further hostilities.
Howard Claims Wergild for Olaf When a year had passed away Biargey came to Howard where he lay in his bed, and bade him arise and go to Bathstead.
Said she: "I would have thee claim wergild for our son, since a man that can no longer fight may well prove his valour by word of mouth, and if Thorbiorn should show any sign of justice thou shalt not claim too much.
Horse offered as wergild by Thorbiorn to Howard, 107 DOVER.
Since a threefold wergild was still due to Howard for the slaying of Olaf, three of the eight dead need not be paid for.
Thorbiorn greeted him and asked what matter had brought him, and Howard replied: "My grief for Olaf is yet deep in my heart; still I remember his death; and now again I come to claim a wergild for him.
Guest's Judgment and the Payment of the Wergild Thorbiorn agreed to leave the matter in Guest's hands, and many men were called to make a ring as assessors, that all might be legally done, and Thorbiorn and Howard stood together in the ring.
In the charter of Amaya (1285) the wergild is sixty maravedÃs.
We have no warrant for denying to the boor the full wergild of 200 shillings.
The ceorl obtains the thegnly wergild if he has an estate rated for military purposes at five hides.
We may have thegns who are nobody's thegns, or else we may have persons entitled to the thegnly wergild who yet are not thegns.
The thegn is a 'twelve hundred man'; his wergild and his oath countervail those of six ceorls.
They may take it in turns to go to the war; the king may hold the eldest of them responsible for all the service; but each of them will be called a thegn, will be entitled to a thegnly wergild and swear a thegnly oath.
He is thus far a person that he has a small wergild but possibly he is bound to the soil.
Already our host was wasting from fever and famine, and so, as Abd-er-Rahman would not come to give us battle, there was naught to do but to take the wergild which Vali Al Huseyn had offered to ransom his burg.
Except in Kent his wergildwas fixed at two hundred shillings, or one-sixth of that of a thegn, and he is undoubtedly the twyhynde man of Anglo-Saxon law.
In Kent his wergild was considerably higher, and his status probably also, but his position in this kingdom is a matter of controversy.
When the troll saw that his attempt had failed, he was much alarmed and said: "Dearest Lillwacker, I will give you wergild for your brother, if you will only leave me alone.
Then the troll begged for his life and said: "Dear Silverwhite, I will take wergild for my brothers, only bid your dogs be still, so that we may talk.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wergild" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
