Thus we get a scale of mund-byrds or penalties due for breach of the peace or protection of the King, the eorl, and the ceorl:—
Mund-byrd of King, eorl, and ceorl.
| King’s | mund-byrd | 50 | scillings |
| Eorl’s | ” | 12 | ” |
| Ceorl’s | ” | 6 | ” |
but so far we have learned nothing about the amount of their wergelds.
Clause 17 fixes the bot for inroad into a man’s ‘tun’ at six scillings for the first person entering, three for the next, and one for the rest.
Lending a weapon in a brawl.
Then follows an interesting set of clauses, which I think must be read together, as all referring to the case of what might happen in a brawl in which one man lends a weapon to another.
Gif man mannan wæpnum bebyreþ ðær ceas weorð ⁊ man nænig yfel ne gedeþ .vi. scillingum gebete.
18. If a man furnishes weapons to another where there is strife, and the man does no harm, let him make bot with vi scillings.
Gif weg reaf sy gedon .vi. scillingum gebete.