196 
« An ti nad ail, nad gialla, nad ceile fuisethen ni hictar dire 
«* mach airiur nach enecland la.”* 
“ Whoever proceeds on a road, or passage, and is there killed, 
“ the full penalty is given by the law. What is the penalty, the 
satisfaction, and the reparation? The penalty extends to seven 
“ cumals,} the satisfaction to one cumal, and the reparation to 
“ three seots.t | 
“* Full penalty in the father, half penalty in the father’s brother, 
“ one third penalty in the son or daughter, a fourth of the penalty 
“ in the grandson, reparations § from these out, together with sa- 
“ tisfaction and expulsion. 
« Full penalty in the mother, half penalty in the grandmother, 
“ one third of the penalty in the son or in the daughter, one fourth 
penalty in the grandson, reparation from these out, &c. 
«« Full penalty in the brother by the father, half penalty in his 
son or in his daughter, one third penalty in his grandson, repa- 
‘ ration from these out, &c. 
“ Half penalty in the brother of the mother, one third in his son 
“ or daughter, one fourth in his grandson, reparation from these 
* out, &c. 
“ He who has not fostered, nor given security, nor entered into 
“ association with the aggressor, pays neither penalty, nor satisfac- 
“ tion, nor reparation according to the old law.” 
Here we see, that the Eric or atonement made for murder did 
not exclusively fall on the blood relations of the malefactor, nor was 
it entirely received by those of the person murdered. The fosterer 
* See note (*) p. 194. + A cumal was three perfect cows, or an equivalent thereto. 
$ Seot or seod signifies a thing of value; a jewel, a cow. The commentator on this passage 
explains it by three Colpachs (heifers or steers) or two heifers and a Samhaisc (i. e. a calf up- 
wards of a year old). 
§ The Commentator says, “ the ninth or tenth degree of relations.” 
