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Weregild - Definition of Weregild at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Weregild. Look it up now! ... Learn more about weregild with a free trial on Britannica.com...
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Weregild (alternative spellings: wergild , wergeld , weregeld , etc.) in early Germanic law was a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death. T...
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Weregild by Egil Njalsson; (January 1994) ... The concept of weregild was a common one in the viking era. In brief, it was a means of legally settling bad feelings following a killing, by paying a fine. A full understanding, however, requires a bit of background.
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The weregild, or the price of an earl's blood, is there fixed at fifteen thousand thrimsas, equal to that of an archbishop; whereas that of a bishop and alderman is only eight thousand thrimsas. — The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John...
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Weregild (Alternative spellings: wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide, ...
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Definition of Weregild. Weregild. The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, ...
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1.1 Alternative spellings ... Singular; weregild ... This page was last modified on 11 October 2008, at 00:31. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Privacy policy About Wiktionary Disclaimers...
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The Legal Terms * Wergild, Wergild, Or Weregild * Defined & Explained ... WERGILD - Obs.Ger. Monetary compensation paid by a murderer to the relatives of the victim. WERGILD, or WEREGILD, old Eng. law. The price which in a barbarous age, a person guilty of homicide or other enormous offence was required to pay,
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