The ceorlisc man in this section takes the place of the twyhynde man in contrast with the six-hynde and twelve-hynde classes. The payments are the bots payable to the owners for fighting within their sacred precinct or inclosure, and the amounts following the proportions of the wergelds of the three classes are:—
| Ceorlisc man’s | 6 | scillings |
| Six-hyndeman | 18 | ” |
| Twelve-hyndeman | 36 | ” |
In this section the ceorlisc class seems clearly to take the place of the twy-hynde class. They seem to be identical.
Section 40 gives similar evidence, in connection with the burg- or burh-bryce or breach of the fence of the sacred precinct.
Cyninges burg-bryce bið cxx scill. Ærcebiscopes hund nigontig scill. Oðres biscepes & ealdormonnes lx scill. Twelf-hyndes monnes xxx scill. Syx-hyndes monnes xv scill. Ceorles edorbryce v scill.…
The King’s burh-bryce shall be cxx scillings. An archbishop’s ninety scillings. Any other bishop’s and an earldorman’s lx scillings. A twelve-hyndeman’s xxx scillings. A six-hyndeman’s xv scillings. A ceorl’s edorbreach v scillings.…
The ceorl twy-hynde.
Here again the ceorl takes the place of the twy-hyndeman, and the burh-bryce is graduated accordingly, the twelve-hyndeman’s being six times the ceorl’s.
| King’s | 120 | scillings |
| Archbishop’s | 90 | ” |
| Ealdorman’s or bishop’s | 60 | ” |
| Twelve-hynde’s | 30 | ” |
| Six-hynde’s | 15 | ” |
| Ceorl’s edorbreach | 5 | ” |
There may well be some delicate significance in the word burh-bryce being applied only to the twelve-hynde or six-hynde men, and not to the ceorl, as though the word burh could not be applied to the ceorl’s homestead. His ‘flet,’ surrounded by its edor or hedge, was perhaps too humble to be classed with the moated or walled enclosure of the burh of the higher landed classes without a change of epithet. But there is nothing to show that the ceorl of this clause is not identical with the ordinary twy-hyndeman.