In
Anglo-Saxon law, the regular freeman is known as a two-hynde man ("a man
worth 200"), and noblemen are either six-hynde man (threefold weregeld) or
twelve-hynde man (sixfold weregeld). The
Anglo-Saxon is unique in setting an explicit amount for a king's weregeld, at
30,000 solidi, explaining that 15,000 solidi for the man (the same
amount as for an atheling or an archbishop) and another 15,000 for the damage
to the kingdom.
The weregild for women relative to that of men of equal rank among the Saxons it was half the weregild of men.
The weregild for women relative to that of men of equal rank among the Saxons it was half the weregild of men.