wergeld
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) blood 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.
- (historical) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wergeld inherited from Old English wergeld (compensation for a man killed) inherited from *werageld compound from English wer (man) + English geld (money, payment, castrate).
Origin
English
geld
Gloss
money, payment, castrate
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
金
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- geld English
- geldable English
- gelded English
- gelder English
- gelding English
- heregeld English
- hidegild English
- ungeld English
- wer English
- werewolf English
- woodgeld English
- world English
- Wergeld German
- geld Dutch, Flemish
- weer Dutch, Flemish
- weergeld Dutch, Flemish
- вира Russian
- wergeld Old English
- geld Middle English
- wer Middle English
- wergeld Middle English
- weergelt Middle Dutch
- werigelt Old High German
- wergelt Middle High German
- *werageld gmw-pro
- вира Old East Slavic