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title: "Wergild for Body Parts"
url: "https://www.rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/2018-06-18-13-50-02-wergild-for-body-parts"
school: "Roose Community Primary School"
---

# Wergild for Body Parts

  ![Image of Wergild for Body Parts](https://files.schudio.com/roose-3/images/blog/WIN_20180618_13_36_02_Pro.jpg)  18 June 2018   [Helen Mackie](https://www.rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/author/HMackie)   [Class of 2019](https://www.rooseprimary.co.uk/blog/category/class-of-2019)

We are learning about Anglo Saxon Crime and Punishment.

If an Anglo Saxon injured another Anglo Saxon the had to pay Wergild depending which body part was injured or cut off.

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