The Laws of the Earliest English Kings

120 shillings 30 shillings according accused addition ælc Alfred amount Anglo-Saxon appears belonging bið bishop bote buton charge church clear committed commoner cyng cyning cyninges dæt death district donne ealle Edward English fine gebete geselle Gif hit Gif hwa give given Godes gylde hæbbe half hand hides hine hlaford king king's land later laws Liebermann lord mæge man's mannes mean oath oððe ofer offence ordeal pæt paid as compensation payment pence person pone ponne possession Preamble probably Quadr reads reeve reference regard relatives riht ryht Schmid scill scll seems shillings compensation slain slave stand suggests theft thief Thorpe translates unless wære wergeld wishes wite witnesses xxx scill þæs þæt þam þonne