wer-gild
- noun [ neuter ]
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Twelfhyndes mannes wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld,
- L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 21.
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Ceorles wergild (weregild,
- 1. 20) is .cc. and .lxvi.
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Norðleóda cynges gild .xxx. þúsend þrymsa, fífténe þúsend þrymsa bið ðæs wergildes (wæres,
- 1. 16), 1; Th. i. 186, 2. (The wergilds for other ranks are given in the sections of this article.)Ceorles wergild is on Myrcna lage .cc. sciłł. Ðegnes wergild is syx swá mycel, ðæt bið .xii. hund sciłł. Ðonne bið cynges ánfeald wergild .vi. þegna wer be Myrcna lage, ðæt is .xxx. þúsend sceatta, and ðæt bið ealles .cxx. punda. Swá mycel is ðæs wergildes on folces folcrihte be Myrcna lage, L. M. L. ; Th. i : 190, 2-7.
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Cyninges horswealh, se ðe him mæge geǽrendian, ðæs wergield bið .cc. sciłł.,
- L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 14.
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Gif man leúd ofsleá an þeófðe, licge bútan wyrgelde,
- L. Wih. 25; Th. i. 42, 13.
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Se .vii. nihta móna is gód on tó fixianne, and æðeles monnes wergild an tó manianne, Lchdm. iii. 178, 14. I a. for those who were concerned in the receiving of the
wergild
see wer, I a, and the following :-- Gif man his mæn freólse gefe, . . . freólsgefa áge his erfe ænde wergeld,- L. Wih. 8; Th. i. 38, 16.
- (See also the cases quoted under IV.) I b. as too
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Gif frí man wið fríes mannes wíf geligeþ, his wergelde ábicge,
- L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 6.
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Forgielde hé hine selfa be his wergilde, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 12. II a. the payment of the
wergild
is in some cases an alternative, v. wer, III b :-- Sí þreóra án for his feore . . . wergild, éce þeówet, hengenwítnung,- L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 18.
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Þolige hé lífes oþþe wæregildes (were-,
v. 1.
),- L. C. S. 62; Th. i. 408, 23.
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Wealde se cyniug þreóra ǽnes; oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer sǽ selle, oþþe hine his wergelde áliése,
- L. Wih. 26; Th. i. 42, 17.
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Hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne,
- L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 2.
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Hé bið feorhscyldig, nimþe him se cyning álýfan wille ðæt man wergylde álýsan móte, L. Eth. vii. 15; Th. i. 332, 15. II b. of the uses to which wergild paid as a fine in religious matters (cf. L. E. G. 2; Th. i. 168, 1-3) could be applied see the following :-- Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseþ, ðæt gebyreþ rihtlíce . . . tó godcundan neódan (these are enumerated in the section); hwílum be wíte, hwílum be wergilde (at times the feohbót
is in the form of
wergild),- L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 4-10.
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Se ðe on ðære fóre wǽre ðǽr mon monnan ofslóge, getriéwe hine ðæs sleges, and ða fóre gebéte be ðæs ofslegenan wergielde. Gif his wergield sié .cc. sciłł., gebéte mid .l. sciłł., and ða ilcan riht dó man be ðám deórborenum,
- L. In. 34; Th. i. 124, 1.
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Twelfhyndes mannes áð forstent .vi. ceorla áð, for ðam . . . his wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld,
- L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 21.
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Gif hé hine selfne triówan wille, dó ðæt be cyninges wergelde,
- L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 2.
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Gif hé ládian wille, dó ðæt be ðæs cynges wergilde, oþþe mid þryfealdan ordále,
- L. Eth. v. 30; Th. i. 312, 7.
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Gylde ðam cyninge be his weregilde (wer-,
v. l.
),- L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17.
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In the following case the
wergild seems to have suggested the amount of a bequest to the church :-- Hió (the testator's wife )
gebrenge æt Sancte Petre mín twá wergild, gif ðet Godes wille seó ðæt heó ðæt færeld áge,- Chart. Th. 481, 10.
- Grmm. R. A. 650.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wer-gild.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35368.
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