Besides the composition which they were obliged to pay to the relatives for murders or injuries, they were also under a necessity of paying a certain duty which the codes of the barbarian laws called fredum.
Ahaideei hilketa, kalte eta irainengatik ordaindu beharreko konposizioaz gainera, eskubide bat ere ordaindu behar zen, barbaroen legeen kodeek fredum deitzen dutena.