Weregild

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of wergeld.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of wergeld.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See wergild.
    • Word Usage
    "If a claim in weregild is upheld then Aragorn would hold ownership of the Ring."
    Variant
    weregeld    weregelt   
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