Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Apparently , because the victim was from a prominent family the weregild was set too high , and so EcgÃ 3\/4 eow was banished and had to seek refuge among the Danes .
Simplified: He was the son of EcgÃ 3\/4 eow , a banished warrior of the WÃ gmundings .