| It seemed as if the old practice of the weregild had been unexpectedly revived. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| In Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novel Skin Game, Dresden offers John Marcone a cashbox of diamonds as weregild for an employee murdered by Deirdre Archleon. |
| A classic example of a dispute over the weregild of a slave is contained in Iceland's Egil's Saga. |
