wergeld noun. ['wǝ:gɛld] Also wergild [-gɪld].
[Old English werġeld, (West Saxon) -gild, Anglo-Latin weregildum, from wer man + ġield YIELD noun.]
Hist. In Germanic and Anglo-Saxon law, the price put on a man according to his rank, payable as a fine or compensation by a person guilty of homicide or certain other crimes.

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