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The size of the weregild in cases of murder was largely conditional upon the social rank of the victim. Thralls[?] and slaves technically commanded no weregild, however it was commonplace to make a nominal payment in the case of a thrall and the value of the slave in such a case.
Weregild was also known to the Celts, who called it ericfine. Other cultures had similar customs e.g. the Slavonic glowczyzna.
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