wergeld

n. 凶手应付给被害人家属(或主人) 的赔偿金额

发音

UK /ˈwɛəɡɛld/
其它
US /ˈweɹɡɛld/

词形变化

wergelds 复数 wergelds

别名

were gild wergyld wehrgeld weregeld weregild wergelt wergild

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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; such a reparative payment or compensation.

    可数 历史 不可数

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English werġeld, wereġeld (“compensation for a man killed”), from Proto-West Germanic *werageld. More at wer, geld.

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