Charlemagne: Great Capitulary

Glossary

• abstract steal
• by reason of his balm because of the emperor's mercy
• in the Apocalypse in the Revelation of John in Christian scripture (see Revelation 3:15–16)
• ropers thought to be a person who entices people to a gambling game, especially if the game is fixed
• wergeld value of the life of the person killed; determined in accordance with the rank of the deceased