- 3 cumhals to the son and the father;
- 1 cumhal to the brother;
- 1 cumhal to the son and father (sic);
- 1 to the geilfine from the lowest to the uppermost man;
—so making up the 6 cumhals of the coirp-dire.
And in the ‘Book of Aicill’ (p. 537) are these lines:
Three eric fines are counselled:
- (1) There is paid full compensation;
- (2) And fair honest coirp-dire;
- (3) And honour-price is paid.
The eneclann or honour-price varied with rank. The ‘eric’ fine included both.
Besides this coirp-dire, therefore, was the eneclann, honour-price or price of the face, i.e. payment for insult. And this was the payment, by no means confined to homicide, which varied according to rank.
These two things then—the coirp-dire of seven cumhals and the honour-price—made up together (with, in some cases, exceptional additions) the eric fine.
Next as to the persons liable for its payment.
In the Corus Bescna[64] the following statement is made relating to homicide in cases where the homicide was one of necessity:—