"werageld" meaning in All languages combined

See werageld on Wiktionary

Noun [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: From *wer (“man”) + *geld (“payment”). Etymology templates: {{af|gmw-pro|*wer|*geld|t1=man|t2=payment}} *wer (“man”) + *geld (“payment”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=n}} *werageld n Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], werageld [nominative, singular], weragelda [nominative, singular], werageldōs [nominative, plural], werageld [accusative, singular], weragelda [accusative, singular], werageldā [accusative, plural], werageldas [genitive, singular], werageldō [genitive, plural], werageldē [dative, singular], werageldum [dative, plural], werageldu [instrumental, singular], werageldum [instrumental, plural]
  1. compensation for a man's life, wergeld Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-werageld-gmw-pro-noun-LzsQ7qOZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werageld",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic compound terms",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic neuter nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "gmw-pro:Law",
        "gmw-pro:Money"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "compensation for a man's life, wergeld"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compensation",
          "compensation"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "wergeld",
          "wergeld"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "werageld"
}

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