"wergeld" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛə(ɹ)ɡɛld/, /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ɡɛld/ Forms: wergelds [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English werġeld, wereġeld (“compensation for a man killed”), from Proto-West Germanic *werageld. More at wer, geld. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|werġeld}} Learned borrowing from Old English werġeld, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*werageld}} Proto-West Germanic *werageld Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wergeld (countable and uncountable, plural wergelds)
  1. (historical, especially in Germanic law) Blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide, distinct from bloodwite. Tags: countable, especially, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (monetary value): sukusakko (Finnish), guidrigildo [masculine] (Italian), główszczyzna [feminine] (Polish), galanas or sarhad (note: for injury;for homicide) (Welsh)
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  2. (historical, especially in Germanic law) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment. Tags: countable, especially, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (reparative payment): ποινή (poinḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), دِيَة (diya) [feminine] (Arabic), кръ́внина (krǎ́vnina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mandebod [common-gender] (Danish), weergeld [neuter] (Dutch), bloedprijs [masculine] (Dutch), bloedgeld [neuter] (Dutch), veriraha (Finnish), prix du sang [masculine] (French), wergeld (French), weregild (French), wergild (French), Wergeld [neuter] (German), Manngeld [neuter] (German), Blutgeld [neuter] (German), ποινή (poiní) [feminine] (Greek), vérdíj (Hungarian), vérpénz (Hungarian), airgead fola [masculine] (Irish), guidrigildo (Italian), weregildum (english: medieval) [neuter] (Latin), крвнина (krvnina) [feminine] (Macedonian), diya [class-9] (Ngazidja Comorian), were [feminine, masculine] (Old French), خونبها (xunbahâ) (Persian), główszczyzna [feminine] (Polish), ви́ра (víra) [feminine] (Russian), ве́ргельд (vérgelʹd) [masculine] (Russian), крва̀рина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), крвнѝна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), вражда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krvàrina [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), krvnìna f vražda [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), precio de la sangre [masculine] (Spanish), wergild (Spanish), diya [class-9] (Swahili), mansbot [common-gender] (Swedish), ጋር (gar) (Tigrinya), ви́ра (výra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), galanas [feminine] (Welsh), manneboet [feminine, masculine] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-wergeld-en-noun-8wU0rD-U Disambiguation of 'reparative payment': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wer, wehrgeld, weregeld, weregild, were gild, wergelt, wergild Related terms: blood money, Lex Frisionum

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Alternative forms

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      "word": "sukusakko"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "reparative payment",
      "word": "vérpénz"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "خونبها"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "reparative payment",
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      "word": "główszczyzna"
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      "word": "ви́ра"
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      "word": "ве́ргельд"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "крва̀рина"
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      "word": "вражда"
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      "sense": "reparative payment",
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      "word": "precio de la sangre"
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      "sense": "reparative payment",
      "word": "wergild"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "reparative payment",
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      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "gar",
      "sense": "reparative payment",
      "word": "ጋር"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "výra",
      "sense": "reparative payment",
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      "word": "ви́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "reparative payment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "galanas"
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    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "reparative payment",
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