Categorising Wounds in the

Old Frisian Compensation Tariffs

Han Nijdam

9. Festslek: fiower penningar.

27. Tua are of: tuelef merk.

28. En are of: sex merk.

40. Nose al ofesnithen: en thrimen lif.

45. Oppa thet haud eslein, thettet blot et sinne nosem vtrenne: eider nosterlen thre scillingar.

Lex Frisionum Compensation Tariffs

1 sipido 1 inseptha2 smelido 2 smelinge3 liduwagi 3 lithwei4 wlitivam 4 wlitewemmelse5 si manus abscisa terram

cadens tetigerit 5 gersfel / gersfellich

6 ut nec frigus nec calorem pro vulneris impatientia suffere possit 6 hete and kelde7 ossa de vulnere 7 benis utgong

Embodied Honour or Mund and Were

• 1. Physical Body

• 2. Social Body– Land, House, Siblings, Gold

• 3. Political Body– Wife, Cattle, Servants, Textile, Silver

Types of wounds• 1 slek • 2 blodresne • 3 metedolch• 4 kerf / skredene • 5 inreth /

thruchgungand dolch• 6 benbreke and lithwei• 7 lamethe• 8 gersfel

• 1 simple blow• 2 drawing blood• 3 flesh wound• 4 cut• 5 penetrating wound• 6 damage to bones

and joints• 7 paralysis• 8 amputation