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Definition of wergeld:

°(archaic) In Anglo-Saxon and continental Germanic customary law, a reparative payment, usually demanded by the surviving kindred of a person guilty of homicide, according to the victim's rank.
°(paganism) recompense. In current usage in Heathenry.
Definition of wergeld:

°(archaic) In Anglo-Saxon and continental Germanic customary law, a reparative payment, usually demanded by the surviving kindred of a person guilty of homicide, according to the victim's rank.
°(paganism) recompense. In current usage in Heathenry.
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