Were"gild` (?), n. [AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's life +
gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. √285. See
Were a man, and Geld, n.]
(O. Eng. Law) The price of
a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed,
partly to the king for
the loss of
a subject, partly to the
lord of a vassal, and partly to the
next of kin.
It was paid
by the murderer. [Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc.]
Blackstone.
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