WEREGILD, noun Formerly, the price of a mans head; a compensation paid for a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, and partly tot he lord of the vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.