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(criminal law, historical) A man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld..
In this computation a twelfhyndman was valued at six ceorls or twyhyndmen, because the weregild of a twelfhyndman was equal to the weregilds of six ceorls.
The English burgess was probably eorl or ceorl, twelfhyndman or twyhyndman, according to his birth and descent;
They are grouped with the sokemen and liberi homines as twyhyndmen whose wergild was two hundred shillings, as distinct from the thegn class or twelfhyndmen whom to slay involved a penalty of twelve hundred shillings.
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Twyhyndman means (criminal law, historical) A man worth two hundred shillings in wergeld..
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In this computation a twelfhyndman was valued at six ceorls or twyhyndmen, because the weregild of a twelfhyndman was equal to the weregilds of six ceorls.
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