552 INDEMNITY, WEREGILD. 



broken off, or it is repaired with planks which have not been 

 put on while the ship stood on its stocks. Nothing worth 

 less than one eyrir shall be paid unless the indemnity is less. 

 .... Weapons which are unimpaired, hard and unbroken. 

 Those with which the man was slain shall not be offered. A 

 sword shall not be paid as indemnity unless it is ornamented 

 with gold or silver. Vadmal and all new linen and all new 

 and uncut cloth, unless the receiver wants to take new and cut 

 cloth. Men's clothes and not women's may be paid, new and 

 not old. New stuff not cut into a cloak. Blue cloaks and 

 skrud (a kind of stuff) new and uncut. All boys brought up 

 at home when not older than fifteen winters, unless the 

 receiver assents, may be paid. Bondmaids shall not be paid 

 as weregild " (Gulath., 223). 



