weregilds

Here is the meaning of the word, weregilds

This word is in the TWL06 Dictionary ₁₄
This word is in the SOWPODS Dictionary ₁₄

Weregild(n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.