Norðleoda laga ('Laws of the North-People') is a set of laws apparently pertaining to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. Mention of a Northumbrian king suggests that the text originates before the mid-tenth century, when Northumbria ceased to be an independent kingdom. The text comprises a list of the wergelds payable on the killing of people of different social statuses, with the following values: RankThrymsaKing30,000Archbishop/aetheling15,000Bishop/ealdorman8,000Hold/high-reeve4,000Mass-thegn/secular thegn2,000Prospering ceorl2,000Ceorl200Prospering Welshman120s.Non-prospering Welshman80s.Landless Welshman70s.
Editions and translations Liebermann, F. (ed.), Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle a. S.: Niemeyer, 1903–16), I 458–60. Monk, Chris (ed. and trans.), Norðleoda Laga (‘Laws of the Northumbrians’), Textus Roffensis, ff. 93v-94r (Rochester: Rochester Cathedral Research Guild, 2018)
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