What is the meaning of Wergeld?
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, distinct from bloodwite.
Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.
Alternative form of werġield
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