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† wergeldthief O.E. Law. Obs.
Forms: 1 werᵹeldtheof (-ᵹild-), 3 weregelt thef; 3–5 wer(e)gelthef (4 wergiltif, 5 werkelthef).
[OE., f. prec. + þéof thief.]
A thief or other criminal whose ‘wergeld’ was paid as a satisfaction for his crime; also ellipt. jurisdiction over a thief of this description.
c690Laws Ine §72 Ᵹif mon werᵹildðeof ᵹefehð. 781in Birch Cartul. Sax. I. 334 Nec etiam fures illos quos Saxonice dicimus uuerȝeldtheouas alicui foras reddant. 1235in Cal. Charter Rolls (1903) I. 208 [With] soc and sac,..infangenthef, utfangenthef, wergeldthef, hamsocn [etc.]. c1290Fleta i. xlvii. (1647) 62 Weregelt thef, latronem qui redimi potest. 13..Higden Polychron. (Rolls) II. 94 De quibus [legibus] nonnulla vocabula adhuc frequentata. hic inserere dignum duxi:..Wergelthef, id est, solte de laroun eschape. c1437John Brompton in Twysden Hist. Angl. Script. (1652) 957 Weregelthef est solutio latronis evasi, i. soute de latrone eschape. |