blood-wit

Then he offered to pay them, from the Treasury, the blood-wit for their father; but they refused, saying, “We forgave him only of our desire unto Allah,151 the Bountiful, the Exalted; and he who is thus intentioned followeth not his benefits with reproach or with mischief.” 152 and amongst the tales they relate is that of

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Then the chiefs of the Companions urged the plaintiffs to accept the blood-wit and deserve the thanks of the folk; but they both refused and would accept nothing save the talion.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Ah! I have nae male lineage, and I should bear with one I have made childless, though you are aware the blood-wit was made up to your ain satisfaction by assythment, and that I have since expedited letters of slains.

Waverley 2004

[FN#133] Lit. the lord of the blood-revenge, i.e. the person entitled to exact the blood-wit.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879

As for the Sunneh, is it not reported of the Prophet (whom God bless and preserve) that he appointed the blood-wit for a woman to be half that of a man?

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879

Ah! I have nae male lineage, and I should bear with one I have made childless, though you are aware the blood-wit was made up to your ain satisfaction by assythment, and that I have since expedited letters of slains.

The Waverley 1877

Ah! I have nae male lineage, and I should bear with one I have made childless, though you are aware the blood-wit was made up to your ain satisfaction by assythment, and that I have since expedited letters of slains.

Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

Ah! I have nae male lineage, and I should bear with one I have made childless, though you are aware the blood-wit was made up to your ain satisfaction by assythment, and that I have since expedited letters of slains.

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Ah! I have nae male lineage, and I should bear with one I have made childless, though you are aware the blood-wit was made up to your ain satisfaction by assythment, and that I have since expedited letters of slains.

Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801

Ah! I have nae male lineage, and I should bear with one I have made childless, though you are aware the blood-wit was made up to your ain satisfaction by assythment, and that I have since expedited letters of slains.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801