ref-gild

Updated: May 13, 2025

But Godefridus also exacted from the Swedes the "Ref-gild", or Fox-money; for the slaying of his henchman Ref, twelve pieces of gold from each man of rank, one from every commoner. And his Friesland tribute is stranger still, nor is it easy to understand from Saxo's account.

Grammaticus Saxo - The Danish History, Books I-IX