wergeld
Meanings
Plural: wergelds
Noun
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English werġeld, wereġeld (“compensation for a man killed”), from Proto-West Germanic *werageld. More at wer, geld.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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