wergild
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Wergild — Le wergild, littéralement « prix de l’homme », (également écrit weregild, wergeld, wehrgeld ou weregeld) est une somme d’argent demandée en réparation à une personne coupable d’un meurtre, ou d’un autre crime grave. Cette tradition… … Wikipédia en Français
wergild — index reparation (indemnification) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wergild — /werr gild, wer /, n. 1. (in Anglo Saxon England and other Germanic countries) 2. money paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud. 3. the amount of money fixed as compensation for the murder or… … Universalium
wergild — n ( es/ ) compensation, value of a man s life see wergild … Old to modern English dictionary
wergild — weregild, or wergild /wirgild/wsrgild/ This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personal offense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the… … Black's law dictionary
wergildþéof — m ( es/ as) thief who might be redeemed by payment of his wergild … Old to modern English dictionary
wergild — or wergeld noun Etymology: Middle English wergeld, from Old English, from wer man + geld, alteration of gield, geld payment, tribute more at geld Date: 13th century the value set in Anglo Saxon and Germanic law upon human life in accordance with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wergild — wer·gild … English syllables
wergild — wer•gild or were•gild [[t]ˈwɜr gɪld, ˈwɛr [/t]] also wer•geld [[t] gɛld[/t]] n. why (in Anglo Saxon England and medieval Germanic countries) a compensatory fine paid to the relatives of a murdered person to free the offender from further… … From formal English to slang
wergild — n. value of a man s life, payable to his family by his murderer … Dictionary of difficult words
