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Showing words for WERGILD using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Wergild

wergild

6 Letter Words for Wergild

gilder, girdle, glider, lidger, regild, ridgel, wergil, wilder

5 Letter Words for Wergild

derig, dirge, dwile, egrid, gelid, gleir, glide, gride, idler, liger, redig, relig, ridge, rigel, riled, weird, wider, wield, wierd, wiled, wired, wride, wried

4 Letter Words for Wergild

deil, deli, diel, dier, dire, dirl, dreg, drew, drie, eild, geir, geld, gied, gild, gile, gird, gire, girl, gled, glei, glew, glid, grew, grid, idle, ired, leir, lewd, lied, lier, lige, lire, lwei, regd, ride, riel, rile, weid, weil, weir, weld, weli, weri, wide, wied, wiel, wild, wile, wird, wire, wirl, wrig

3 Letter Words for Wergild

deg, dei, del, der, dew, die, dig, dil, dir, dle, dlr, eir, eld, eli, erd, erg, ged, gel, ger, gid, gie, gld, ide, ile, ire, ldg, led, leg, lei, ler, lew, lid, lie, lig, lir, red, reg, rei, rel, rew, rid, rie, rig, rld, rle, rwd, wed, wer, wid, wig, wir

Definitions for Wergild

[1] (in Anglo-Saxon England and other Germanic countries)
[2] money paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud.
[3] the amount of money fixed as compensation for the murder or disablement of a person, computed on the basis of rank.
[4] the price set on a man's life in successive Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law codes, to be paid as compensation by his slayer

Words nearby Wergild

weren't, werewolf, werewolves, werfel, wergeland, wergild, werlhof's disease, werner, werner's syndrome, wernerian, wernerite

Origin of Wergild

1175–1225; Middle English (Scots ) weregylt, Old English wer(e)gild, equivalent to wer man (cognate with Gothic wair, Latin vir ) + gild geld2; cognate with Middle Dutch weergelt, Old High German wergelt; see yield

Word origin for Wergild

Old English wergeld, from wer man (related to Old Norse ver, Latin vir ) + gield tribute (related to Gothic gild, Old High German gelt payment); see yield