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.
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.
Its author Diane
Wergild feels the poem was the only peaceful way to vent the anger of residents who say the authorities were warned that Lois was in danger months before.
Maybe LEDGIER, RIDGELS, or
WERGILD is a word that can be played.
A thousand years ago, the Anglo Saxon tribes who inhabited these isles operated a system called
Wergild by which the penalty for a crime was determined by the social status of the victim.
