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PRONUNCIATION OF WEREGILD

weregild  [ˈwɜːˌɡɪld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEREGILD

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Weregild is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WEREGILD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Weregild

Weregild was a value placed on every human being and every piece of property in the Salic Code. Also known as "man price". If property was stolen, or someone was injured or killed, the guilty person would have to pay weregild as restitution to the victim's family or to the owner of the property. The payment of weregild was an important legal mechanism in early Germanic society; the other common form of legal reparation at this time was blood revenge. The payment was typically made to the family or to the clan. No distinction was made between murder and manslaughter until these distinctions were instituted by the Holy Roman imperial law in the 12th century. Payment of the weregild was gradually replaced with capital punishment, starting around the 9th century, and almost entirely by the 12th century when weregild began to cease as a practice throughout the Holy Roman Empire.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WEREGILD


begild
bɪˈɡɪld
build
bɪld
child
tʃaɪld
detailed
ˈdiːteɪld
engild
ɪnˈɡɪld
failed
feɪld
filled
fɪld
Fylde
faɪld
gild
ɡɪld
grilled
ɡrɪld
guild
ɡɪld
mild
maɪld
overgild
ˌəʊvəˈɡɪld
rebuild
riːˈbɪld
regild
riːˈɡɪld
Rothschild
ˈrɒθtʃaɪld
skilled
skɪld
ungild
ʌnˈɡɪld
wild
waɪld
Wilde
waɪld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEREGILD

wept
were
weren´t
werewolf
werewolfery
werewolfish
werewolfism
werewolves
Werfel
Wergeland
wergeld
wergild
Werner
wernerite
wero
werris
wersh
wert
werwolfish

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEREGILD

brainchild
Christ Child
foster child
godchild
grandchild
great-grandchild
inner child
Kriemhild
love child
man-child
moonchild
new build
new-build
only child
poster child
stepchild
the wild
wergild
wild child
with child

Synonyms and antonyms of weregild in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Trends of use of weregild

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEREGILD»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEREGILD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about weregild

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEREGILD»

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Weregild
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was a value placed on every human being and every piece of property in the Salic Code (Salic Law).
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Wolf's-Own: Weregild
Book 2 of Wolf's-own The amorality of gods makes it hard to tell bad from good and right from wrong.
Carole Cummings, 2012
3
Records of Buckinghamshire
This price of a man's life was called " Weregild," which his slayer would be obliged to pay.* The amount of the "weregild" was given to the kinsfolk of the slain man, in commutation for the vengeance which they would otherwise have taken on ...
‎1870
4
Records of Buckinghamshire, Or, Papers and Notes on the ...
This price of a man's life was called " Weregild," which his slayer would be obliged to pay.* The amount of the "weregild" was given to the kinsfolk of the slain man, in commutation for the vengeance which they would otherwise have taken on ...
‎1870
5
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge ...
There was an established progressive rate of weregild for homicide, varying at different times and among different Teutonic tribes, from the weregild of the ceorl, or peasant, to that of the king. In the time of Tacitus, the weregild for homicide ...
‎1871
6
Anglo-Saxon Law: Anglo-Saxon Treaties, Weregild, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2010
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal ...
There was an established progressive rate of weregild for homicide, varying at different times and among different Teutonic tribes, from the weregild of the ceorl, or peasant, to that of the king. In the time of Tacitus, the weregild for homicide ...
Ephraim Chambers, Robert W. Chambers, 1868
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Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
According to the Textus Rosfenfis cited by Dr Hicks in hisDisser" tatio Epistolaris, a cc0rle'.t weregild is-by the Mercian law 66s77i[[ing.s;, " a thane'.r weregild irsix time: as much, or Xls hundred slzillingr ;. " the leing'.r -weregild is ar much ar the ...
‎1792
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A Collection of All the Ecclesiastical Laws, Canons, ...
The King's Weregild at the Common Law, among the English, is Thirty Thousand Thrymse ; fifteen Thousand for his Person, the other fifteen Thousand for his Kingdom. The first belongs to his Kindred, the Kingbote to the People J of the Land.
John Johnson, 1720
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge
608 WEREGILD ceorl or peasant to that of the king. In Anglo- Saxon times the value of the king was 7200 shillings ; an ealdorman, 2400 ; a king's thegn, 1200 ; an ordinary territorial thegn, 600 ; a ceorl, 200. In the time of Tacitus the weregild  ...
‎1892

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEREGILD»

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There is no justice: What cops and courts get wrong about the …
By the time you get to the end of it you might be inclined to throw in the towel and advocate a return to the ancient Viking custom of weregild. Benforado, who ... «Salon, Jun 15»
2
Do You Know the Absolute Best Watches on the Market Right Now …
It is also, like almost all Pateks nowadays, apt to hold its (very) high value well, if not increase in value over time, and as a weregild of your noble house you ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
3
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for IDF Commanders
Turkey got its weregild, got to humiliate Israel - why would they not want more? Like · Reply · May 26, 2014 2:28pm. Miguel Stroe ·. Colegio Leon Pinelo. «Honestreporting.com, May 14»
4
Heathen Woman: Putting the Best Foot Forward
During the time of public mediation, wrongs that were rectified via a repayment system known as 'weregild,' whereby the person who had committed the injustice ... «Patheos, May 14»
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Heathen Woman: We Are Our Deeds
In fact, an openly aired grievance at the Thing would require weregild to be paid to the wronged party after the issue was decided upon by the chieftain. «Patheos, Apr 14»
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SFPD Arrests Two Drivers After Holiday Spate of Pedestrian Deaths
Also, how is this a deterrent to those wealth enough to pay this weregild from driving recklessly? If they know all that they need to do is pay $1 million and move ... «Streetsblog San Francisco, Jan 14»
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Silly Kissers, Grimes, Wolf Gang, Toys & Tiny Instruments, Turbo …
You can download "Weregild" from it at the top of the this post to give you a taste. Like a lot of music like this, making it interesting to watch in a live setting is the ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Oct 10»
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Twitter Testing New "You Both Follow" Feature
But we won't be so petty as to accuse Twitter of stealing the feature; we might, however, say that the mutual friends snapshot is sufficient weregild for Twitter ... «Mashable, Jun 10»

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