Note 505 — Chapter X · FǼHÐE. WERGYLD.
Reading edition
Ælfr. § 42. I have slightly varied the form of expression in the last sentences, on account of the difficulty of rendering the adjective orwige. Ælfred says in these cases a man may fight orwige, literally, without incurring the guilt of making war, without becoming obnoxious to the penalties assigned to the crime of war-raising.