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WERGELD WERGILD

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WERGELD WERGILD

WERGILD or WEE, the Anglo-Saxon terms for the See also:

FINE

fine paid by, e.g. a murderer to the relatives of the deceased in proportion to the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of the latter . The wer was See also:

PART

part of the See also:

early See also:

Teutonic and See also:

CELTIC

Celtic customary See also:

law, and represented the substitution of See also:

COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for See also:

PERSONAL

personal See also:

RETALIATION

retaliation, resulting from the rise in authority of the See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the community as such .

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