🔤 Weregilds ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
khoon-baha, qisas ki raqam (qadeem jarmani qanoon) (jam'a)
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ENGLISH
📚noun (plural)
weregilds
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈwɪərɡɪldz/ or /ˈwɛərɡɪldz/
Phonetic: /weer gildz/
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DEFINITION
plural form of weregild (wergild); value placed on a person's life paid as compensation to their family by an offender in Germanic law
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Anglo-Saxon legal codes detailed specific weregilds based on social status.
Families settled deadly disputes by agreeing upon appropriate weregilds.
The king enforced strict payment of weregilds to prevent blood feuds.
Noble citizens commanded far higher weregilds than common laborers.
Historical documents record the payment of heavy weregilds after the battle.
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SYNONYMS
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