weregildum

weregildum [AS wer(e)gild], wergildum, (leg.) price set upon man (according to rank) to be paid as compensation in case of homicide or injury, wergild. b (~ildum fur or sim., for AS wergildþeóf) thief whose wergild was paid as compensation for his crime. V. et. 2 wera. ~ildo, i. natalis sui pretio, se redimat, vel secundum weram suam neget (Quad.) GAS 97; regis simplum weregildum est sex thainorum ~ildum in Mircenorum laga (Ib.) Ib. 463; si Waliscus Anglicum occidat, non cogitur eum superreddere nisi dimidio ~ildo (Ib.) Ib. 377; [thaini occisi] ~yldum [v. l. wergildus] est vj villanorum ~yldum (Leg. Hen. 64. 2b) Ib. 584; si quis ‥ hominem occidat, ipse sibi portet homicidii faidiam, nisi amicorum auxilio ‥ persolvat pleno ~ildo (Ib. 88. 12a) Ib. 604. b de weregyldi-furis forfangio (Quad.) GAS 27; si weregildo-fur [v. l. weregildus-fur] capiatur et ipsa die perdant eum qui ceperant illum (Ib.) Ib. 121.

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