weregildum

Latin

Alternative forms

• werigeldum, widrigildum, gueregildum, guidrigildum
• wergeldus, weregildus, werigeldus m

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *werageld.

Noun

weregildum n (genitive weregildī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) wergeld (price paid by a murderer)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	weregildum	weregilda
Genitive	weregildī	weregildōrum
Dative	weregildō	weregildīs
Accusative	weregildum	weregilda
Ablative	weregildō	weregildīs
Vocative	weregildum	weregilda

Descendants

• Italian: guidrigildo

References

• weregeldum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “weregildum”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “werigeldus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1131