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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Weregild'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/weregild.html. 1828.
 
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