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wergeld
Wergeld (noun) means (historical, law) A payment made to a victim, or their family, to make up for an injury or killing, set by the victim's rank.
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(historical, law) A payment made to a victim, or their family, to make up for an injury or killing, set by the victim's rank.
"In its opening article the equality of the wergeld of a Novgorodian Slav with that of a Kievan Russian is proclaimed."
— George Vernadsky, Kievan Russia (1973)
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Old English werġeld, wereġeld (“compensation for a man killed”), from Proto-West Germanic *werageld. See also wer and geld.
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"wergeld" (noun) means (historical, law) A payment made to a victim, or their family, to make up for an injury or killing, set by the victim's rank.
