wereplegium

wereplegium [wera+plegium], (leg.) surety or guarantee for (payment of) wergild. rectum est ut homicida, postquam weregildum mortui vadiaverit, inveniat wereplegios, sicut ad eam pertinebit: hoc est de tƿelfhindi hominis weregildo debent dari xij homines ad ~ium (Quad.) GAS 393.