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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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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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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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Lex Frisionum
The first twenty-two chapters of the Lex Frisionum are entirely concerned with schedules of fines (compositio) and wergeld, the compensations due victims Transmission
On numismatic grounds based on the amounts of fines (compositio) and wergeld, the laws from the Lex Frisionum date from the first half of
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Thrall
While thralls and freedmen did not have much economic or political power in Scandinavia, they were still given a wergeld, or a man's price: there was a
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wergeldthief
† wergeldthief O.E. Law. Obs. Forms: 1 werᵹeldtheof (-ᵹild-), 3 weregelt thef; 3–5 wer(e)gelthef (4 wergiltif, 5 werkelthef). [OE., f. prec. + þéof thief.] A thief or other criminal whose ‘wergeld’ was paid as a satisfaction for his crime; also ellipt. jurisdiction over a thief of this description.c...
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Missus dominicus
The missi were protected by a triple wergeld and resistance to them was punishable by death.
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Hanpu
Historian Herbert Franke has compared this aspect of Jurchen customary law to the old Germanic practice of Wergeld.
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werewolf
werewolf, werwolf (ˈwɪə-, ˈwɜːwʊlf) Forms: α. 1 werewulf, (3 -wlf), 7–9 -wolf; pl. 5 -wolfes, 9 weir-, werewolves. β. 4–7, 9 werwolf (6 Sc. -woif); pl. 4 -wolfs, -wolues, 9 werwolves. γ. 5–7 Sc., 9 warwolf, 5–7 -wolfe, (7 Sc. warewolf, warwoof); pl. 6 Sc. -wo(o)lfes, 7 Sc. -woophs. δ. 9 wehrwolf. [O...
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Comes
He enjoyed a triple "wergeld", but had no definite salary, being remunerated by receipt of specific revenues, which system contained the germs of discord
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kinboot
† kinboot Sc. Obs. Forms: 5 kynbwt, -bute, 6 kinbute, 7 -but, (9 -bot). [f. kin n.1 + boot n.1 9.] A wergeld or man-boot paid by a homicide to the kin of the person slain. (Not the same as the OE. cynebót or royal compensation.)c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xix. 2282 For a yhwman twelf markis ay Þe slaar...
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