Look up: wergild


  1. wergild
    Money paid to a dead person's family by the murderer.
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  2. Wergild
    money-payment in compensation for death, injury or loss, graduated according to the social standing of the victim.
    Found op http://www.msgb.co.uk/glossary.html

  3. wergild
    In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law during the Middle Ages, the compensation paid by a murderer to the relatives of the victim, its value dependent on the social rank of the deceased. It originated in...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. 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 ... [4 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/23

  5. wergild
    wergild: see composition.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0920266.html

  6. wergild
    1) Money paid to a dead person's family by the murderer
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/wergild/1

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