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7 = scribal shorthand for 'and'

EARLY ANGLO-SAXON LAWS ABOUT BAR FIGHTS (C.E. 673-685)

Gif man wpn abregde r men drincen 7 r man nan yfel ne de,
If someone weapon draws where men drink and there one no harm not does

scilling

[a] shilling [to] that-one that/who the place owns and [to the] king 12 shillings.

t flet age

7 cyninge

XII scyllingas

If, where men are drinking, a man draws his weapon, but no harm is done there, he shall pay a shilling to him who owns the house, and 12 shillings to the king.

Gif t flet geblodgad wyre, 7 cyninge L scillingas.

If that place bloodied become, [he] must pay [to ]the man his protection-money and [to the] king 50 shillings.

forgylde

m men his mundbyrd

[But] if the house is stained with blood, the owner shall have his mundbyrd paid to him, and 50 shillings shall be paid to the king.

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