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• Weregild — Were gild , n. [AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man s life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. [root]285. See {Were} a man, and {Geld}, n.] (O. Eng. Law) The price of a man s head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Weregild — Weregeld (alternative spellings: wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death, although it could also be demanded in other cases of serious crime. In early… …   Wikipedia

• Weregild — 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… …   Wikipédia en Français

• weregild — noun In Anglo Saxon and Germanic law, a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death or other serious crimes …   Wiktionary

• weregild — юр.Н.П. вергельд …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Weregild — Lit. man payment . AS custom and law valued people in pecuniary terms according to their rank. For example in Mercia a *ceorl s life was worth 200s; a * thegn was worth 1,200s; an *earl, next below the king, was worth 6,000s. In the years… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• wergeld — * * * wergeld [ vɛrgɛld ] n. m. • 1904; wehrgeld 1842; weregild 1765; d apr. le lat. médiév. weregeldum, weregildum; saxon wergeld, de wer « homme » et geld « argent » ♦ Hist. Dans le droit germanique (et en France, à l époque franque), Indemnité …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Beowulf (hero) — Beowulf (pronEng|ˈBeɪoʊwʊlf/, /ˈBeɪəwʊlf, Old English IPA2|ˈbeːo̯wʊlf) is a legendary Geatish hero and later king in the Old English epic poem named after him, the oldest surviving piece of literature in the English language.Etymology and origins …   Wikipedia

• Were — (w[=e]r), n. [AS. wer; akin to OS. & OHG. wer, Goth. wa[ i]r, L. vir, Skr. v[=i]ra. Cf. {Weregild}, and {Werewolf}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man s life; weregild. [Obs …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Éraic — Ericfine (or eric fine ) was the Irish equivalent of the Welsh galanas and the Anglo Saxon and Scandic weregild, a form of tribute paid in reparation for murder or other major crimes. The term survived into the sixteenth century as eiric , by… …   Wikipedia