| 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. |
| Technically this amount cannot be called a weregild, because it was more akin to a reimbursement to the owner for lost or damaged property. |
| I knew that no weregild, as the Saxon calls it, would be enough to save me from the Cornishman. |
| Early Germanic law reflects a hierarchy of worth within the society of free men, reflected in the differences in weregild. |
| The weregild for a Welshman was 220 shillings if he owned at least one hide of land and was able to pay the king's tribute. |
| 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. |
