wergield
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *werageld. Equivalent to wer (“man”) + ġield (“payment”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwerġield n
- 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
editDeclension of werġield (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | werġield | werġield |
accusative | werġield | werġield |
genitive | werġieldes | werġielda |
dative | werġielde | werġieldum |