WEREGILDS
Noun
weregilds
plural of weregild
Source: Wiktionary
WEREGILD
Were"gild`, n. Etym: [AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's
life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. Were a man, and
Geld, n.] (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: 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.
[Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc.] Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition