[104] Sippe und Wergeld, p. 36. ‘Es dünkt mir sehr wahrscheinlich, dass auch in der Lex Salica unter den ‘tres proximiores’ Verwandte von drei verschiedenen Parentelen gemeint sind.’
Later examples of division of wergelds in other districts quoted by Brunner show that the division of the kindred into three similar grades or groups was prevalent also in Frisian and Saxon districts.
[105] Codices 3, 7, 8, 9 have ‘de quod non.’
[106] Tit. xxix.
[107] See his essay on this subject in his Problèmes d’Histoire, pp. 361 &c.
[108] Brunner, in his Sippe und Wergeld, shows this clearly, pp. 1-3.
[109] Blumenstock, i. 266.
[110] Tit. lvi.
[111] Tit. vi.
[112] The clause De reipus is very important in regard to some of these points. But the subject is too difficult a one to be discussed here.