wergeld

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recompense. In current usage in Heathenry

The wergild she wants is a night with Balder, to beget his child, but he refuses. (Winifred Hodge).

In Anglo-Saxon and continental Germanic customary law, a reparative payment, usually demanded by the surviving kindred of a person guilty of homicide, according to the victim's rank

Heceleme

wer·geld

Etimoloji

() Middle English wergeld, from Old English wergeld, compound of wer (“man”), + geld (“payment”).