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1B14.4.4

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2æt ærestan we lærað, þæt mæst ðearf is, þæt
3æghwelc mon his að & his wed wærlice healde.
4Gif hwa to hwæðrum þissa genied sie on woh, oððe to
5hlafordsearwe oððe to ængum unryhtum fultume,
6þæt is þonne ryhtre to aleoganne þonne to gelæstanne.

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7Gif he þonne þæs weddige þe him riht sie to gelæstanne &
8þæt aleoge, selle mid eaðmedum his wæpn &
9his æhta his freondum to gehealdanne & beo feowertig nihta
10on carcerne on cyninges tune, ðrowige ðær
11swa biscep him scrife, & his mægas hine feden, gif he
12self mete næbbe.
13Gif he mægas næbbe oððe þone mete næbbe, fede cyninges
14gerefa hine.
15Gif hine mon togenedan scyle, & he elles nylle, gif hine mon
16gebinde, þolige his wæpna & his ierfes.
17Gif hine mon ofslea, licgge he orgilde.
18Gif he ut oðfleo ær þam fierste, & hine mon gefo, sie he
19feowertig nihta on carcerne, swa he ær sceolde.
20Gif he losige, sie he afliemed & sie amænsumod of eallum
21Cristes ciricum.
22Gif þær ðonne oþer mennisc borg sie, bete þone borgbryce
23swa him ryht wisie, & ðone wedbryce swa him his scrift scrife.
24Gif hwa þara mynsterhama hwelcne for hwelcere scylde gesece,
25þe cyninges feorm to belimpe, oþþe oðerne
26frione hiered þe arwyrðe sie, age he þreora nihta
27fierst him to gebeorganne, buton he ðingian wille.
28Gif hine mon on ðam fierste geyflige mid slege oððe mid
29bende oððe þurh wunde, bete þara æghwelc mid
30ryhte ðeodscipe, ge mid were ge mid wite, & þam hiwum
31hundtwelftig scillinga ciricfriðes to bote
32& næbbe his agne forfongen.

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33Gif hwa cyninges borg abrece, gebete þone tyht swa him ryht
34wisie, & þæs borges bryce mid V pundum mærra pæninga.
35ærcebiscepes borges bryce oððe his mundbyrd gebete mid
36ðrim pundum.
37Oðres biscepes oððe ealdormonnes borges bryce oððe
38mundbyrd gebete mid twam pundum.
39Gif hwa ymb cyninges feorh sierwe, ðurh hine oððe ðurh
40wreccena feormunge oððe his manna, sie he his
41feores scyldig & ealles þæs ðe he age.
42Gif he hine selfne triowan wille, do þæt be cyninges
43wergelde.
44Swa we eac settað be eallum hadum, ge ceorle ge eorle: se
45ðe ymb his hlafordes fiorh sierwe, sie he
46wið ðone his feores scyldig & ealles ðæs ðe he age,
47oððe be his hlafordes were hine getriowe.
48Eac we settað æghwelcere cirican, ðe biscep gehalgode,
49ðis frið: gif hie fahmon geierne oððe geærne,
50þæt hine seofan nihtum nan mon ut ne teo.
51Gif hit þonne hwa do, ðonne sie he scyldig cyninges
52mundbyrde & þære cirican friðes mare, gif he ðær
53mare ofgefo, gif he for hungre libban mæge, buton he self
54utfeohte.

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55Gif hiwan hiora cirican maran þearfe hæbben, healde hine
56mon on oðrum ærne, & ðæt næbbe ðon ma dura
57þonne sio cirice.
58Gewite ðære cirican ealdor, þæt him mon on þam fierste
59mete ne selle.
60Gif he self his wæpno his gefan utræcan wille, gehealden hi
61hine XXX nihta & hie hine his mægum gebodien.
62Eac cirican frið: gif hwelc mon cirican gesece for ðara
63gylta hwylcum, þara ðe ær geypped nære, &
64hine ðær on Godes naman geandette, sie hit healf forgifen.
65Se ðe stalað on Sunnanniht oððe on Gehhol oððe on
66Eastron oððe on ðone halgan þunresdæg on Gangdagas:
67ðara gehwelc we willað sie twybote, swa on
68Lenctenfæsten.
69Gif hwa on cirican hwæt geðeofige, forgylde þæt angylde,
70& ðæt wite swa to ðam angylde belimpan wille,
71& slea mon þa hond of ðe he hit mid gedyde.
72Gif he ða hand lesan wille, & him mon ðæt geðafian wille,
73gelde swa to his were belimpe.
74Gif hwa in cyninges healle gefeohte oððe his wæpn gebrede,
75& hine mon gefo, sie ðæt on cyninges dome,
76swa deað swa lif, swa he him forgifan wille.

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77Gif he losige, & hine mon eft gefo, forgielde he hine self a
78be his weregilde, & ðone gylt gebete,
79swa wer swa wite, swa he gewyrht age.
80Gif hwa nunnan of mynstere ut alæde butan kyninges lefnesse
81oððe biscepes, geselle hundtwelftig scillinga,
82healf cyninge, healf biscepe & þære cirican
83hlaforde, ðe ðone munuc age.
84Gif hio leng libbe ðonne se ðe hie utlædde, nage hio his
85ierfes owiht.
86Gif hio bearn gestriene, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes ðon mare
87ðe seo modor.
88Gif hire bearn mon ofslea, gielde cyninge þara medrenmæga
89dæl; fædrenmægum hiora dæl mon agife.
90Gif mon wif mid bearne ofslea, þonne þæt bearn in hire
91sie, forgielde ðone wifman fullan gielde, &
92þæt bearn be ðæs fædrencnosles were healfan gelde.
93A sie þæt wite LX scillinga, oð ðæt angylde arise to XXX
94scillinga; siððan hit to ðam arise þæt angylde,
95siððan sie þæt wite CXX scillinga.
96Geo wæs goldðeofe & stodðeofe & beoðeofe, & manig witu
97maran ðonne oþru; nu sint eal gelic buton manðeofe:
98CXX scillinga.

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99Gif mon hæme mid twelfhyndes monnes wife, hundtwelftig
100scillinga gebete ðam were; syxhyndum men hundteontig
101scillinga gebete; cierliscum men feowertig scillinga
102gebete.
103Gif mon on cirliscre fæmnan breost gefo, mid V scillingum
104hire gebete.
105Gif he hie oferweorpe & mid ne gehæme, mid X scillingum
106gebete.
107Gif he mid gehæme, mid LX scillingum gebete.
108Gif oðer mon mid hire læge ær, sie be healfum ðæm þonne
109sio bot.
110Gif hie mon teo, geladiege hie be sixtegum hida, oððe
111ðolige be healfre þære bote.
112Gif borenran wifmen ðis gelimpe, weaxe sio bot be ðam were.
113Gif mon oðres wudu bærneð oððe heaweð unaliefedne,
114forgielde ælc great treow mid V scillingum, & siððan
115æghwylc, sie swa fela swa hiora sie, mid V pæningum;
116& XXX scillinga to wite.
117Gif mon oðerne æt gemænan weorce offelle ungewealdes, agife
118mon þam mægum þæt treow, & hi hit hæbben
119ær XXX nihta of þam lande, oððe him fo se to se ðe
120ðone wudu age.

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121Gif mon sie dumb oððe deaf geboren, þæt he ne mæge synna
122onsecggan ne geandettan, bete se fæder his misdæda.
123Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe gefeohte oððe wæpne gebregde,
124mid L scillinga & hundteontegum gebete;
125gif beforan oðrum biscepe oððe ealdormen ðis gelimpe, mid
126hundteontegum scillingum gebete.
127Gif mon cu oððe stodmyran forstele & folan oððe cealf
128ofadrife, forgelde mid scillingum & þa moder
129be hiora weorðe.
130Gif hwa oðrum his unmagan oðfæste, & he hine on ðære
131fæstinge forferie, getriowe hine facnes se ðe
132hine fede, gif hine hwa hwelces teo.
133Gif hwa nunnan mid hæmeðþinge oððe on hire hrægl oððe
134on hire breost butan hire leafe gefo, sie hit
135twybete swa we ær be læwdum men fundon.
136Gif beweddodu fæmne hie forlicgge, gif hio sie cirlisc, mid
137LX scillingum gebete þam byrgean,

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138& þæt
139sie on cwicæhtum feogodum, & mon nænigne mon on ðæt ne
140selle.
141Gif hio sie syxhyndu, hundteontig scillinga geselle þam
142byrgean.
143Gif hio sie twelfhyndu, CXX scillinga gebete þam byrgean.
144Gif hwa his wæpnes oðrum onlæne, þæt he mon mid ofslea,
145hie moton hie gesomnian, gif hie willað, to þam were.
146Gif hi hie ne gesamnien, gielde se ðæs wæpnes onlah þæs
147weres ðriddan dæl & þæs wites ðriddan dæl.
148Gif he hine triewan wille, þæt he to ðære læne facn ne
149wiste, þæt he mot.
150Gif sweordhwita oðres monnes wæpn to feormunge onfo, oððe
151smið monnes andweorc, hie hit gesund begen
152agifan, swa hit hwæðer hiora ær onfenge, buton hiora
153hwæðer ær þingode, þæt he hit angylde healdan
154ne ðorfte.
155Gif mon oðres monnes munuce feoh oðfæste butan ðæs
156munuces hlafordes lefnesse, & hit him losige, þolige
157his se ðe hit ær ahte.

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158Gif preost oðerne mon ofslea, weorpe mon to handa & eall
159ðæt he him hames bohte, & hine biscep onhadige,
160þonne hine mon of ðam mynstre agife, buton se hlaford
161þone wer forðingian wille.
162Gif mon on folces gemote cyninges gerefan geyppe eofot, &
163his eft geswican wille, gestæle on ryhtran
164hand, gif he mæge; gif he ne mæge, ðolie his angyldes.
165Gif hund mon toslite oððe abite, æt forman misdæde
166geselle VI scillinga, gif he him mete selle, æt
167æfteran cerre XII scillinga, æt ðriddan XXX scillinga.
168Gif æt ðissa misdæda hwelcere se hund losige, ga ðeos bot
169hwæðre forð.
170Gif se hund ma misdæda gewyrce, & he hine hæbbe, bete be
171fullan were swa dolgbote swa he wyrce.
172Gif neat mon gewundige, weorpe ðæt neat to honda oððe
173foreðingie.
174Gif mon ceorles mennen to nedhæmde geðreatað, mid V

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175scillingum gebete þam ceorle; & LX scillinga to wite.
176Gif ðeowmon þeowne to nedhæmde genede, bete mid his
177eowende.
178Gif mon twyhyndne mon unsynnigne mid hloðe ofslea, gielde se
179ðæs sleges andetta sie wer & wite; & æghwelc
180mon ðe on siðe wære geselle XXX scillinga to hloðbote.
181Gif hit sie syxhynde mon, ælc mon to hloðbote LX scillinga
182& se slaga wer & fulwite.
183Gif he sie twelfhynde, ælc hiora hundtwelftig scillinga, se
184slaga wer & wite.
185Gif hloð ðis gedo & eft oðswerian wille, tio hie ealle; &
186þonne ealle forgielden þone wer gemænum
187hondum & ealle an wite, swa to ðam were belimpe.
188Gif mon ungewintrædne wifmon to niedhæmde

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189geðreatige, sie
190ðæt swa ðæs gewintredan monnes bot.
191Gif fædrenmæga mægleas mon gefeohte & mon ofslea, & þonne
192gif medrenmægas hæbbe, gielden ða þæs weres
193ðriddan dæl & ðriddan dæl þa gegildan, for ðriddan
194dæl he fleo.
195Gif he medrenmægas nage, gielden þa gegildan healfne, for
196healfne he fleo.
197Gif mon swa geradne mon ofslea, gif he mægas nage, gielde
198mon healfne cyninge, healfne þam gegildan.
199Gif mon folcleasunge gewyrce, & hio on hine geresp weorðe,
200mid nanum leohtran ðinge gebete þonne him
201mon aceorfe þa tungon of, þæt hie mon na undeorran
202weorðe moste lesan, ðonne hie mon be þam were
203geeahtige.
204Gif hwa oðerne godborges oncunne & tion wille, þæt he
205hwelcne ne gelæste ðara ðe he him gesealde, agife
206þone foreað on feower ciricum, & se oðer, gif he hine
207treowan wille in XII ciricum do he ðæt.

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208Eac is ciepemonnum gereht: ða men ðe hie up mid him læden,
209gebrengen beforan kyninges gerefan on folcgemote,
210& gerecce hu manige þara sien; & hie nimen þa men
211mid him þe hie mægen eft to folcgemote
212to ryhte brengan.
213& þonne him ðearf sie ma manna up mid him to habbanne on
214hiora fore, gecyðe symle, swa oft swa him
215ðearf sie, in gemotes gewitnesse cyninges gerefan.
216Gif mon cierliscne mon gebinde unsynnigne, gebete mid X
217scillingum.
218Gif hine mon beswinge, mid XX scillingum gebete.
219Gif he hine on hengenne alecgge, mid XXX scillingum gebete.
220Gif he hine on bismor to homolan bescire, mid X scillingum
221gebete.
222Gif he hine to preoste bescire unbundenne, mid XXX scillingum
223gebete.
224Gif he ðone beard ofascire, mid XX scillingum gebete.
225Gif he hine gebinde & þonne to preoste bescire, mid LX
226scillingum gebete.
227Eac is funden: gif mon hafað spere ofer eaxle, & hine mon on
228asnaseð, gielde þone wer butan wite.
229Gif beforan eagum asnase, gielde þone wer; gif hine mon tio
230gewealdes on ðære dæde, getriowe

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231hine
232be þam wite & mid ðy þæt wite afelle, gif se ord sie ufor
233þonne hindeweard sceaft.
234Gif hie sien bu gelic, ord & hindeweard sceaft, þæt sie
235butan pleo.
236Gif mon wille of boldgetale in oðer boldgetæl hlaford
237secan, do ðæt mid ðæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse,
238þe he ær in his scire folgode.
239Gif he hit butan his gewitnesse do, geselle se þe hine to
240men feormie CXX scillinga to wite: dæle
241he hwæðre ðæt, healf cyninge in ða scire ðe he ær
242folgode, healf in þa ðe he oncymð.
243Gif he hwæt yfla gedon hæbbe ðær he ær wæs, bete ðæt
244se ðe hine ðonne to men onfo, & cyninge CXX scillinga
245to wite.
246Gif mon beforan cyninges ealdormen on gemote gefeohte, bete
247wer & wite, swa hit ryht sie, & beforan
248þam CXX scillinga ðam ealdormen to wite.

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249Gif he folcgemot mid wæpnes bryde arære, ðam ealdormen
250hundtwelftig scillinga to wite.
251Gif ðises hwæt beforan cyninges ealdormonnes gingran
252gelimpe oððe cyninges preoste, XXX scillinga to wite.
253Gif hwa on cierlisces monnes flette gefeohte, mid syx
254scillinga gebete ðam ceorle.
255Gif he wæpne gebrede & no feohte, sie be healfum ðam.
256Gif syxhyndum þissa hwæðer gelimpe, ðriefealdlice arise
257be ðære cierliscan bote, twelfhyndum men twyfealdlice
258be þæs syxhyndan bote.
259Cyninges burgbryce bið CXX scillinga ærcebiscepes
260hundnigontig scillinga, oðres biscepes & ealdormonnes
261LX scillinga, twelfhyndes monnes XXX scillinga syxhyndes
262monnes XV scillinga; ceorles edorbryce V scillinga.

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263Gif ðisses hwæt gelimpe ðenden fyrd ute sie, oððe in
264lenctenfæsten, hit sie twybote.
265Gif mon in lenctenne halig ryht in folce butan leafe alecgge,
266gebete mid CXX scillingum.
267Se mon se ðe bocland hæbbe, & him his mægas læfden,
268þonne setton we, þæt he hit ne moste sellan of
269his mægburge, gif þær bið gewrit oððe gewitnes, ðæt
270hit ðara manna forbod wære þe hit on fruman gestrindon
271& þara þe hit him sealdon, þæt he swa ne mote.
272& þæt þonne on cyninges & on biscopes gewitnesse gerecce
273beforan his mægum.
274Eac we beodað: se mon se ðe his gefan hamsittendne wite,
275þæt he ne feohte, ær ðam he him ryhtes bidde.
276Gif he mægnes hæbbe, þæt he his gefan beride & inne
277besitte, gehealde hine VII niht inne & hine on
278ne feohte, gif he inne geðolian wille; & þonne ymb VII
279niht, gif he wille on hand gan & wæpenu sellan,
280gehealde hine XXX nihta gesundne & hine his mægum
281gebodie & his friondum.

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282Gif he ðonne cirican geierne, sie ðonne be ðære cirican
283are, swa we ær bufan cwædon.
284Gif he ðonne þæs mægenes ne hæbbe, þæt he hine inne
285besitte, ride to þam ealdormen, bidde hine fultumes;
286gif he him fultuman ne wille, ride to cyninge, ær he feohte.
287Eac swelce, gif mon becume on his gefan, & he hine ær
288hamfæstne ne wite, gif he wille his wæpen sellan,
289hine mon gehealde XXX nihta & hine his freondum gecyðe;
290gif he ne wille his wæpenu sellan, þonne
291mot he feohtan on hine.
292Gif he wille on hond gan & his wæpenu sellan, & hwa ofer
293ðæt on him feohte, gielde swa wer swa wunde
294swa he gewyrce, & wite & hæbbe his mæg forworht.
295Eac we cweðað, þæt mon mote mid his hlaforde feohtan
296orwige, gif mon on ðone hlaford fiohte; swa mot
297se hlaford mid þy men feohtan.
298æfter þære ilcan wisan mon mot feohtan mid his geborene
299mæge, gif hine mon on woh onfeohteð, buton
300wið his hlaforde: þæt we ne liefað.
301& mon mot feohtan orwige, gif he gemeteð oþerne æt his
302æwum wife, betynedum durum oððe under anre
303reon, oððe æt his dehter æwumborenre oððe æt his
304swistær borenre oððe æt his medder ðe wære to æwum
305wife forgifen his fæder.

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306Eallum frioum monnum ðas dagas sien forgifene, butan þeowum
307monnum & esnewyrhtan: XII dagas on gehhol
308& ðone dæg þe Crist ðone deofol oferswiðde & sanctus
309Gregorius gemynddæg & VII dagas to eastron
310& VII ofer & an dæg æt sancte Petres tide & sancte
311Paules & on hærfeste ða fullan wican ær sancta
312Marian mæssan & æt Eallra haligra weorðunge anne
313dæg.
314& IIII Wodnesdagas on IIII ymbrenwicum ðeowum monnum eallum
315sien forgifen, þam þe him leofost sie
316to sellanne æghwæt ðæs ðe him ænig mon for Godes noman
317geselle oððe hie on ænegum hiora hwilsticcum
318geearnian mægen.
319Heafodwunde to bote, gif ða ban beoð butu ðyrel, XXX
320scillinga geselle him mon.
321Gif ðæt uterre ban bið þyrel, geselle XV scillinga to
322bote.
323Gif in feaxe bið wund inces lang, geselle anne scilling to
324bote.
325Gif beforan feaxe bið wund inces lang, twegen scillinga to
326bote.
327Gif him mon aslea oþer eare of, geselle XXX scillinga to
328bote.

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329Gif se hlyst oðstande, þæt he ne mæge gehieran, geselle
330LX scillinga to bote.
331Gif mon men eage ofaslea, geselle him mon LX scillinga & VI
332scillinga & VI pæningas & ðriddan dæl pæninges to bote.
333Gif hit in ðam heafde sie, & he noht geseon ne mæge mid,
334stande ðriddan dæl þære bote inne.
335Gif mon oðrum þæt neb ofaslea, gebete him mid LX
336scillingum.
337Gif mon oðrum ðone toð onforan heafde ofaslea, gebete
338þæt mid VIII scillingum.
339Gif hit sie se wongtoð, geselle IIII scillinga to bote.
340Monnes tux bið XV scillinga weorð.
341Gif monnes ceacan mon forslihð, þæt hie beoð forode,
342gebete mid XV scillingum.
343Monnes cinban, gif hit bið toclofen, geselle mon XII
344scillinga to bote.
345Gif monnes ðrotbolla bið þyrel, gebete mid XII scillingum.
346Gif monnes tunge bið of heafde oþres monnes dædum don,
347þæt biþ gelic & eagan bot.
348Gif mon bið on eaxle wund, þæt þæt liðseaw utflowe,
349gebete mid XXX scillingum.

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350Gif se earm bið forad bufan elmbogan, þær sculon XV
351scillinga to bote.
352Gif ða earmscancan beoð begen forade, sio bot bið XXX
353scillinga.
354Gif se ðuma bið ofaslægen, þam sceal XXX scillinga to
355bote.
356Gif se nægl bið ofaslegen, ðam sculon V scillinga to bote.
357Gif se scytefinger bið ofaslegen, sio bot bið XV scillinga;
358his nægles bið III scillinga.
359Gif se midlesta finger sie ofaslegen, sio bot bið XII
360scillinga; & his nægles bot bið II scillinga.
361Gif se goldfinger sie ofaslegen, to þam sculon XVII
362scillinga to bote; & his nægles IIII scillinga
363to bote.
364Gif se lytla finger bið ofaslegen, ðam sceal to bote VIIII
365scillinga, & an scilling his nægles, gif se sie ofaslegen.
366Gif mon bið on hrif wund, geselle him mon XXX scillinga to
367bote.
368Gif he ðurhwund bið, æt gehweðerum muðe XX scillinga.
369Gif monnes ðeoh bið þyrel, geselle him mon XXX scillinga
370to bote.
371Gif hit forad sie, sio bot eac bið XXX scillinga.
372Gif se sconca bið þyrel beneoðan cneowe, ðær sculon XII
373scillinga to bote.

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374Gif he forad sie beneoðan cneowe, geselle him XXX scillinga
375to bote.
376Gif sio micle ta bið ofaslegen, geselle him XX scillinga to
377bote.
378Gif hit sie sio æfterre ta, XV scillinga to bote geselle him
379mon.
380Gif seo midleste ta sie ofaslegen, þær sculon VIIII
381scillinga to bote.
382Gif hit bið sio feorþe ta, ðær sculon VI scillinga to
383bote.
384Gif sio lytle ta sie ofaslegen, geselle him V scillinga.
385Gif mon sie on þa herðan to ðam swiðe wund, þæt he ne
386mæge bearn gestrienan, gebete him ðæt mid LXXX scillinga.
387Gif men sie se earm mid honda mid ealle ofacorfen beforan
388elmbogan, gebete ðæt mid LXXX scillinga.
389æghwelcere wunde beforan feaxe & beforan sliefan & beneoðan
390cneowe sio bot bið twysceatte mare.
391Gif sio lendenbræde bið forslegen, þær sceal LX scillinga
392to bote.
393Gif hio bið onbestungen, geselle XV scillinga to bote.
394Gif hio bið ðurhðyrel, ðonne sceal ðær XXX scillinga to
395bote.
396Gif mon bið in eaxle wund, gebete mid LXXX scillinga, gif se
397mon cwic sie.

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398Gif mon oðrum ða hond utan forslea, geselle him XX
399scillinga to bote, gif hine mon gelacnian mæge.
400Gif hio healf onweg fleoge, þonne sceal XL scillinga to
401bote.
402Gif mon oþrum rib forslea binnan gehaldre hyde, geselle X
403scillinga to bote.
404Gif sio hyd sie tobrocen, & mon ban ofado, geselle XV
405scillinga to bote.
406Gif monnes eage him mon ofaslea, oððe his hand oððe his
407fot, ðær gæð gelic bot to eallum: VI pæningas
408& VI scillinga & LX scillinga & ðriddan dæl pæninges.
409Gif monnes sconca bið ofaslegen wið ðæt cneou, ðær
410sceal LXXX scillinga to bote.
411Gif mon oðrum ða sculdru forslea, geselle him mon XX
412scillinga to bote.
413Gif hie mon inbeslea & mon ban ofado, geselle mon ðæs to
414bote XV scillinga.
415Gif mon ða greatan sinwe forslea, gif hie mon gelacnian
416mæge, þæt hio hal sie, geselle XII scillinga to bote.
417Gif se mon healt sie for þære sinwe wunde, & hine mon
418gelacnian ne mæge, geselle XXX scillinga to bote.
419Gif ða smalan sinwe mon forslea, geselle him mon VI
420scillinga to bote.

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421Gif mon oðrum ða geweald forslea uppe on þam sweoran &
422forwundie to þam swiðe, þæt he nage þære geweald,
423& hwæðre lifie swa gescended, geselle him mon C
424scillinga to bote, buton him witan ryhtre & mare gereccan.