.......Wergild
1. (in Anglo-Saxon England and other Germanic countries)
2. money paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud.
3. the amount of money fixed as compensation for the murder or disablement of a person, computed on the basis of rank.
Thanks for the help!
2006-08-23
15:49:04
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ummmm.....I didn't ask what the word meant, I asked for another word I could use so I don't believe I answered my own question.
2006-08-23
15:51:15 ·
update #1