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Weregild - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Weregild : \Were"gild`\, n. [AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on
a man's life _ gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld.
[root]285. See Were a man, and Geld, n.] (O. Eng. Law)
The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man
killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly
to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It
was paid by the murderer. [Written also weregeld,
weregelt, etc.] --Blackstone.
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