weregild, or wergild

weregild, or 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 injured person.
In the Anglo-Saxon laws, the amount of compensation varied with the degree or rank of the party slain.
See angild

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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