1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Weregild \Were"gild'\, noun [AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. [root]285. See {Were} a man, and {Geld}, noun] (O. Eng. Law) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. [Written also {weregeld}, {weregelt}, etc.] --Blackstone.

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