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Weregild (also
spelled wergild,
wergeld (in archaic/historical
usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also
known as man
price (blood money), was a precept...
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killed three of Arthur's soldiers, and
Arthur demands a herd of
cattle as
wergeld for his men.
Cadoc delivers them as demanded, but when
Arthur takes possession...
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Frisionum are
entirely concerned with
schedules of
fines (compositio) and
wergeld, the
compensations due
victims or
their kin,
scheduled according to the...
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legally entitled to
atonement reparation of
three times their "Weregild" (
Wergeld)
value from a
guilty person or party. Such
knights were
known as Edelfreie...
- much
economic or
political power in Scandinavia, they were
still given a
wergeld, or a man's price:
there was a
monetary penalty for
unlawfully killing...
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Wifmannes Beweddung VII Æthelred
Wifmannes Beweddung *Historical
Iudex Wergeld Iudex Wergeld II-III
Edgar III Æthelred II-III
Edgar I and III Æthelred Alfred-Guthrum...
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August 2020.
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March 2023. "Etymology,
origin and
meaning of
wergeld". www.etymonline.com.
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original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved...
- regis") of churches, widows, orphans, and the like. He enjo**** a
triple "
wergeld", but had no
definite salary,
being remunerated by
receipt of specific...
- life and all that he owns ... or to
clear himself by the king's [lord's]
wergeld."
Women were
considered the
legal property of
their husbands, and so a...
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following murders: the
killer should instead pay
wergeld (compensation) to the
relatives of the victim. If no
wergeld is paid, the
killer has to bear the feud...
