English Dictionary

wergeld

noun

(historical, especially in Germanic law) 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.

The wergeld was a form of compensation paid to the family of a person who had been killed or injured.

意味（1）

(historical, especially in Germanic law) 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.

In its opening article the equality of the wergeld of a Novgorodian Slav with that of a Kievan Russian is proclaimed.

意味（2）

(historical, especially in Germanic law) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.

Isildur would not surrender [The Ruling Ring] to Elrond and Círdan who stood by. … ‘This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?’