Weregild
Weregild Weregild (Alternative spellings: wergild, wergeld, weregeld, etc.) was ... of serious crime. Overview The payment of weregild was an important legal mechanism in early ... literally, "man price". The size of the weregild in cases of murder was largely conditional ... victim. Thralls and slaves technically commanded no weregild, but it was commonplace to make ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weregild - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

Talk:Weregild
Talk:Weregild I guess every culture had similar custom ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Weregild - 0k - Cached - Similar pages

Beowulf (hero)
... victim was from a prominent family, the weregild was set too high, and so Ecgþeow ... The Danish king Hroðgar generously paid the weregild, and had Ecgþeow swear an oath. Later ... avenge the death of Grendel and collect weregild. As Beowulf slept in a different building ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(hero) - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Murder
... murderer to pay the family fair compensation (weregild) for the labor lost by the member ... death. If the perpetrator refused to pay weregild, it was up to the family of ... this other than the normal rules of weregild, the killer in question suffered from a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder - 54k - Cached - Similar pages

Wergild   (translated from French)
... literally "price of the man", (also written weregild, wergeld or weregeld) is a another or ... the name ofericfine. The amount of the weregild in the event of murder depended rather ...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wergild - 1k - Cached (French) - Wikipedia (French) - Similar pages

Heaðolaf
... his powerful family demanded too high a weregild from the Ecgþeow's clan, the Wægmundings ... Danes. The Danish king Hroðgar payed the weregild and the matter was settled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaðolaf - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

Blood money
... or the clan of the victim (compare weregild and główczyzna).It is unlawful ... Blood Law Blood Feud Vendetta Protection money Weregild Ericfine Galanas Tallage Blood libel External links ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_money - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

Ericfine
... galanas and the Anglo-Saxon and Scandic weregild, a form of tribute paid in reparation ... of an Irishman. See also Blood money Weregild Glowczyzna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericfine - 0k - Cached - Similar pages

Beowulf
... either with his own life or with weregild, a reparational payment. In fact, the hero ... court of Hrothgar who graciously paid the weregild. Ecgtheow did not return home, but became ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf - 52k - Cached - Similar pages

Were   (translated from Japanese)
... item human wolf (Werewolf) 贖 crime gold(Weregild)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Were - 2k - Cached (Japanese) - Wikipedia (Japanese) - Similar pages