| Thralls and slaves legally commanded no weregild, but it was commonplace to make a nominal payment in the case of a thrall and the value of the slave in such a case. |
| The weregild or recompense due for the killing or injuring of a woman is notably set at twice that of a man of the same rank in Alemannic law. |
| It seemed as if the old practice of the weregild had been unexpectedly revived. |
| The size of the weregild was largely conditional upon the social rank of the victim. |
| I knew that no weregild, as the Saxon calls it, would be enough to save me from the Cornishman. |
| During the reign of Charlemagne his missi dominici required three times the regular weregild should they be killed whilst on a mission from the king. |
