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Wergeld: Crime and the compensation culture in medieval England
Wergeld is the payment demanded of a person who has killed someone . That is, until the 9th century when it was replaced by capital punishment. The history of 'compensation culture' is older than some might think.
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Weregild - Wikipedia
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, ...
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WERGELD definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a price paid by a person who has killed another to the family of the person killed, to atone for the killing and avoid reprisals.
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wergeld
wergeld, -gild Hist. (ˈwɜːgɛld) Forms: α. 3 Sc. weregeheld, 5 weregylt, 7–9 weregild, 9 -geld. β. 5 Sc. wargeld (7 vergelt), 7, 9 wergeld; 9 wehrgeld. γ. 8–9 wergild. [ad. OE. (Anglian and Kentish) werᵹeld, (WSaxon) werᵹield, -ᵹild, -ᵹyld, late wereᵹild (f. wer man were n.1 + ᵹeld, ᵹield yield n.) =...
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Wergild | Compensation, Feudalism, Retaliation - Britannica
Wergild, (Old English: “man payment”), in ancient Germanic law, the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party.
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WERGILD Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: 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.
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Antrustion
In return for these, the antrustion enjoyed certain advantages, entitled to royal assistance and protection; his wergeld was three times that of an ordinary These Gallo-Romans then took the name of convivae regis, and the wergeld of 300 solidi was three times that of a homo romanus.
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wergeld - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Old English. edit. Pronunciation. edit · IPA: /ˈwerˌjeld/, [ˈwerˌjeɫd]. Noun. edit. werġeld n. alternative form of werġield. Declension.
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Wergeld - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating from Old English wergeld, combining wer "man" and geld "payment," wergild means a set sum paid as compensation for injury or murder in ...
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wer-geld and wergeld - Middle English Compendium
1. Law A sum of money established as the value of a free man, determined according to social rank and paid as compensation for the murder or injury of such a ...
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[PDF] The Wergeld, following the manuscripts. - HAL-SHS
According to Niermeyer, the. Wergeld represents “the value of the life of a person, expressed in money and to pay, in the case of homicide, to ...
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German-English translation for "Wergeld" - Langenscheidt
Translation for 'Wergeld' using the free German-English dictionary by LANGENSCHEIDT -– with examples, synonyms and pronunciation.
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Edelfrei
from the Second Estate (see Estates of the realm social hierarchy), who were legally entitled to atonement reparation of three times their "Weregild" (Wergeld those other free men or free knights who came from the Third Estate social hierarchy, and whose atonement reparation value was the standard "Weregild" (Wergeld
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waryeld
† ˈwaryeld Sc. Obs.—1 [Of uncertain origin: possibly a survival of OE. węrᵹield wergeld, with altered sense.] A requital, recompense.c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xlviii. (Juliana) 204 For-þi gyf hir hir warȝeld noo, or mykil mare scho sal hourt ȝou.
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