Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price (blood money), was a precept...

legally entitled to atonement reparation of three times their "Weregild" (Wergeld) value from a guilty person or party. Such knights were known as Edelfreie...

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...

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...

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...

enjoyed certain advantages, entitled to royal assistance and protection; his wergeld was three times that of an ordinary Frank; the slayer of a Frank was paid...

would not need any oath-helpers because his wergeld equaled 1200 shillings. However, a ceorl (200 shilling wergeld) would need oath-helpers. When a defendant...

regis") of churches, widows, orphans, and the like. He enjoyed a triple "wergeld", but had no definite salary, being remunerated by receipt of specific...

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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