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- Weregild - Wikipedia
A weregild or wergeld was a defined value placed on every man graded according to rank, used as a basis of a fine or compensation for murder, disablement, injury, and certain other serious crimes against that person
- Wergild | Compensation, Feudalism, Retaliation | Britannica
Wergild, (Old English: “man payment”), in ancient Germanic law, the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family In certain instances part of the wergild was paid to the king and to the lord—these having lost, respectively,
- WERGILD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of WERGILD is the value set in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law upon human life in accordance with rank and paid as compensation to the kindred or lord of a slain person
- Weregild - definition of weregild by The Free Dictionary
weregild, wergild (in Anglo-Saxon society) a payment made to the family of a slain man by his killer or the killer’s family as compensation, atonement, and to avoid reprisals
- What Is Wergild? | Definition | Nordic Focus
Wergild, the historical Nordic legal practice where a monetary value was set for life and injury, was designed to resolve conflicts
- WERGILD definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
wergild in British English or weregild (ˈwɜːˌɡɪld , ˈwɛə- ) or wergeld (ˈwɜːˌɡɛld , ˈwɛə- ) noun the price set on a man's life in successive Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law codes, to be paid as compensation by his slayer
- Weregild
Weregild, also spelled wergild or wergeld, derives from the Old English compound weregild, combining wer ("man") and gild or geld ("payment" or "compensation"), literally denoting "man-price "
- Does anyone know what weregild is about? : r Grimes - Reddit
dont know if this is taken into account but “weregild” translates from old english directly as “man-price” before modern systems of crime and punishment were normalized in northern europe, one would be punished for a murder by paying the “man-price” of the person murdered to their family
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