Associations to the word «Wergeld»
Wiktionary
WERGELD, noun. (historical) (in Germanic legal) blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide.
WERGELD, noun. (historical) (in Germanic legal) Compensation thusly determined and paid; a reparative payment.
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