wergield
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *werageld. Equivalent to wer (“man”) + ġield (“payment”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
werġield 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 edit
Declension of wergield (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | werġield | werġield |
accusative | werġield | werġield |
genitive | werġieldes | werġielda |
dative | werġielde | werġieldum |