Old English · noun
wergield
Normalised werġield
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwerˌji͜yld/[ˈwerˌji͜yɫd]
- Syllables
- ˈwer · ˌji͜yld (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- wergeldvictim'sblood moneyaccordingvictimsocial
Meaning
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wergeld: a kind of blood money paid by a criminal to a victim, or to the victim's family if they were dead, set according to social rank
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | werġield | werġield |
| Accusative | werġield | werġield |
| Genitive | werġieldes | werġielda |
| Dative | werġielde | werġieldum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *werageld. Equivalent to wer (“man”) + ġield (“payment”).
Descendants
wergeld
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