wereplegius

wereplegius [wera+plegius], (leg.) one who guarantees or vouches for (payment of) wergild. deinde oportet ut prolocutori detur in manu, cur interfector audeat accedere cum pace et ipse weram vadiare. et quando vadiaverit eam, inveniat ~ios (Quad.) GAS 191; inveniat ~ios (Ib.) Ib. 393 (v. wereplegium).