| I knew that no weregild, as the Saxon calls it, would be enough to save me from the Cornishman. |
| 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 for a Welshman was 220 shillings if he owned at least one hide of land and was able to pay the king's tribute. |
| Early Germanic law reflects a hierarchy of worth within the society of free men, reflected in the differences in weregild. |
| 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. |
| The size of the weregild was largely conditional upon the social rank of the victim. |
