Wergeld (Wer)
This anonymous code is closely related to Edmund’s law on bloodfeud, with which it shares words and phrases. It seemingly filled in details that Edmund’s code had left unexplored. Copies of the text survive in three twelfth-century manuscript collections
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Print editions
Manuscripts
- B: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 383, fos. 58v-59r
description & facsimiles - H: Strood, Medway Archive and Local Studies Centre, MS DRc/R1 (Textus Roffensis), fos. 93v-94r
description & facsimiles - Hk: London, British Library, MS Additional 49366, fos. 95r-95v
description & facsimiles - M: Manchester, John Rylands University Library, MS Lat. 420, f. 77v
description & facsimiles - R: London, British Library, MS Royal 11 B.II, fos. 154v-155r
description & facsimiles - T: London, British Library, MS Cotton Titus A.XXVII, f. 139r
description & facsimiles