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单词 wergeld
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wer·geld (wûrgĕld) also wer·gild or were·gild (-gĭld)
n.
In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, a price set upon a person's life on the basis of rank and paid as compensation by the family of a slayer to the kindred or lord of a slain person to free the culprit of further punishment or obligation and to prevent a blood feud.

[Middle English wargeld, from Old English wergeld : wer, man; see wī-ro- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + geld, payment.]
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