Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
ángylde — see ángilde … Old to modern English dictionary
angylde — In Saxon law, the rate fixed by law at which certain injuries to person or property were to be paid for; in injuries to the person, it seems to be equivalent to the were, i.e., the price at which every man was valued. It seems also to have been… … Black's law dictionary
angild — /aengild/ In Saxon law, the single value of a man or other thing; a single weregild (q.v.); the compensation of a thing according to its single value or estimation. The double gild or compensation was called twigild, the triple, trigild, etc. See … Black's law dictionary
angild — /aengild/ In Saxon law, the single value of a man or other thing; a single weregild (q.v.); the compensation of a thing according to its single value or estimation. The double gild or compensation was called twigild, the triple, trigild, etc. See … Black's law dictionary
weregild — weregild, or wergild /wirgild/wsrgild/ This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personal offense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the… … Black's law dictionary
wergild — weregild, or wergild /wirgild/wsrgild/ This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personal offense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the… … Black's law dictionary
weregild, or wergild — /wirgild/wsrgild/ This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personal offense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the injured person. In the… … Black's law dictionary
angild — noun ( s) Etymology: Old English āngilde, āngylde, from ān one + gilde, gylde (akin to gieldan to pay for, reward, serve, punish) more at one, yield : a compensation in Anglo Saxon times made in a single payment at a fixed valuation for a given… … Useful english dictionary
