Associations to the word «Wergeld»

Wiktionary

WERGELD, noun. (historical) (in Germanic legal) blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their rank, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide.
WERGELD, noun. (historical) (in Germanic legal) Compensation thusly determined and paid; a reparative payment.

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy