A weregild or wergeld was a defined value placed on every man graded according to rank, used as a basis of a fine or compensation for murder, disablement, injury, and certain other serious …

wergild, (Old English: “man payment”), in ancient Germanic law, the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family.In …

The meaning of WERGILD is the value set in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law upon human life in accordance with rank and paid as compensation to the kindred or lord of a slain person.

weregild, wergild (in Anglo-Saxon society) a payment made to the family of a slain man by his killer or the killer’s family as compensation, atonement, and to avoid reprisals. See also: Dues …

Nov 21, 2017 · A Lifeʼs Worth: Reexamining Wergild in the Anglo-Saxon Royal Law Codes (c. 600-1035) By Braden Sides. The Expositor: A Journal of Undergraduate Research in the …

Aug 7, 2024 · Wergild, often referred to as “man price” or blood money, was an important element of ancient Nordic and wider Germanic legal systems.This compensation system involved …

or weregild (ˈwɜːˌɡɪld, ˈwɛə- ) or wergeld (ˈwɜːˌɡɛld, ˈwɛə- ) noun the price set on a man's life in successive Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law codes , to be paid as compensation by his slayer

A weregild or wergeld was a defined value placed on every man graded according to rank, used as a basis of a fine or compensation for murder, disablement, injury, and certain other serious …

Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price (blood money), was a precept in some archaic legal codes whereby …

Weregild was a legal mechanism in early Germanic society, defining the monetary value of a person's life, payable as compensation or fine if that person was killed or injured by another. …