English dictionary
weregild
/'w/[@]/r,g/I/ld/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.
Source: webster1913