Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
blood-wite .
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Examples
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"To exact the blood-fine was as honourable as to take vengeance."
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
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This acceptance of a blood-fine or eric for murder was a great source of scandal to the English, but, as Keating points out in the preface to his history of Ireland written in Irish, it was really a beneficent and logical institution, made necessary by the number of tribes into which Ireland was divided.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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In the event of his incurring a blood-fine, his father would presumably be obliged to pay it out of the patrimony; and when exaction of such penalties passed into the hands of a court, exception would hardly be made for long on behalf of the fine for murder over penalties for other crimes coming before the court.
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This view of the source of their recognition as members of the kindred responsible for the blood-fine in Wales is confirmed by a statement in the
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The payment of the blood-fine by the whole family of the murderer was considered necessary to allay the vengeance and anger of the family of the murdered man within the same area of relationship.
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"And let Caoilte son of Ronan give us the blood-fine for him now," they said.
Gods and Fighting Men Lady Gregory 1892
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"No one before me ever gave a blood-fine for a man killed in battle, and I will not give it," said Finn.
Gods and Fighting Men Lady Gregory 1892
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They might accept pecuniary compensation, the blood-fine, or they might not, as in Homer's time.
A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878
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Nor shall Lyting have any atonement for his wounds, but on the other hand, he shall pay the full blood-fine for Hauskuld. "
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Basque, German, and Celtic words stood (the blood-fine, the scale of money -- reparation for injury, division of society into "hundreds," the
Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" Hilaire Belloc 1911
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