wergield
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *werageld. Equivalent to wer (“man”) + ġield (“payment”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]werġield n
- wergeld: a kind of blood money paid by a criminal to a victim, or to the victim's family if they were dead, set according to social rank
Declension
[edit]Declension of werġield (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | werġield | werġield |
accusative | werġield | werġield |
genitive | werġieldes | werġielda |
dative | werġielde | werġieldum |