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cyne-gild

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Substitute: The fine paid for slaying a king. It consisted of two parts, the wergild, which belonged to the kindred (mágas), and the cyne-bót, of like amount, which belonged to the people (leóde)
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  • For þám cynedóme gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde (cf. cynges gild,

      180, 2), Ll. Th. i. 190, 8.
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[Cf. the entry in the Chronicle underthe year 694, which mentions the payment made to Ine by the men of Kent in atonement for the burning of Mul.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cyne-gild.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/42407.

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