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Danish
Noun
mandebøde c (singular definite mandebøden, plural indefinite mandebøder)
- (historical) wergeld
1973, Hans Ole Hansen, En folkevandring i jernalderen:At have ansete mænd i ryggen og at kunne betale en mandebøde til udligning af et drab, var betydningsfuldt for et menneske.- To have the support of men with good reputation, and to be able to pay weregild for the cancellation of a killing, was important for a human.
1862, Islaenderne, Historiske Fortællinger om Islændernes Færd hjemme og ude, efter de islandske Grundskrifter ved N.M. Petersen, page 158:Kongen tilbød at give bod for den dræbte, men Thorolf og Thorfinn svarede, at de aldrig havde taget mod mandebøder3), og i dette tilfælde vilde de mindst gøre det. Hermed skiltes de ad, og Thorer drog hjem.- The king offered compensation for the killed one, but Thorolf and Thorfinn replied that they had never accepted wergeld3), and in this case they were even less inclined to do so. Thus they parted, and Thorer went home.
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