Al-diyah and Al-aqila (
wergild or blood money to rescue an accused involved in accidental killing).
angilde 2 'to be compensated for', oegilde 'receiving no
wergild as compensation', andergilde 'in repayment, in compensation'
(10) See CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, supra note 5, at 28 ("If anyone kill a man who is in the act of thieving, he is to lie without
wergild." (emphasis added)).
The volume includes maps, illustrations, tables, and charts of
Wergild (compensation) tariffs in Germanic injury laws.
In England, by the year 1200 AD (CE), a system of
wergild, or payment of money as compensation for a wrong was developed as a way of reducing the frequency of violent blood feuds.
Hreidmar and his two surviving sons take the Gods prisoner, and demand as
wergild that they cover Otr's skin with gold.
Social control emphasizes education, cleansing the offender of their wrongdoing, and making reparation to the victim, their family and clan "bearing marked resemblance to the old Teutonic
wergild, or 'blood money.'" (Kluckholn and Leighton 1974, p.298).
