If an esne slay an eorl.
Gif mannes esne eorlcundne mannan ofslæhð. þane þe sio þreom hundum scill gylde se agend þone banan agefe ⁊ do þær þrio manwyrð to.
1. If any one’s esne slay an eorlcund man, one that is paid for with three hundred scillings, let the owner give up the slayer, and add three manwyrths thereto.
Gif se bana oðbyrste feorðe manwyrð he to-gedo ⁊ hine gecænne mid godum æwdum ꝥ he þane banan begeten ne mihte.
2. If the slayer escape, let him add a fourth manwyrth and let him prove with good compurgators that he could not catch the slayer.
The next two clauses are as follows:—
If he slay a freeman.
Gif mannes esne frigne mannan ofslæhð þane þe sie hund scillinga gelde se agend þone banan agefe ⁊ oþer manwyrð þær to.
3. If anyone’s esne slay a freeman, one that is paid for with 100 scillings, let the owner give up the slayer and a second manwyrth thereto.