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Críth gablach - § 28
§ 28 (2), on the worth (febas) of the aire forgill: honour-price

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§ 28
§ 28, on the aire forgill (forgaill), ed. D. A. Binchy, Críth gablach (1941).
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honour-price (eneclann) of 25 séts [emended: MS has 15]; this is the extent to which he swears an oath and is naidm-surety, ráth-surety, hostage (aitire)-surety, claimant/plaintiff (féchem) and witness (fíadnaise). [...]

§ 28 (2), on the worth (febas) of the aire forgill: honour-price

# 2) Críth gablach
honour-price (eneclann) of 25 séts [emended: MS has 15]; this is the extent to which he swears an oath and is naidm-surety, ráth-surety, hostage (aitire)-surety, claimant/plaintiff (féchem) and witness (fíadnaise). [...]
T. M. Charles-Edwards, ‘Críth Gablach and the law of status’, Peritia 5 (1986): 58, suggests emendation of cóic shéo[i]t deac (l. 423) to cóic shéoit fichet.
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aire forgill • honour-price
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Ir. eneclann
Ir. naidm
Ir. ráth
Ir. aitire
Ir. féchem
Ir. fíadnaise