1
law
finan.
wergeld, fine for homicide, paid to the king, to the lord and/or to the relatives
of a person killed (varying in amount according to the person's rank):
(
1131-55
)
ne sunt fors en merci d'avoir et a lur were, ceo est a savoir de .c.
sol.
i 38
(
c.1155;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
La were del thein .xx. lib. en merchenelahe […] E la
were del vilain .c. sol. en merchenelahe
297.8 and 8.1
(
c.1155;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
De la were primereinement rendrad l'om de l'hamsochne a la vedve e as
orfenins .x. sol.
297.9
(
c.1320;
MS: 1419
)
les audres leis en plai de corone, com a .xviij. hommes, s'il encheent,
ne sount fors en merci d'avoir
=property et a lour were, ceo
est a savoir, de cent soulz
111
were1 (1131-55)