Answer: weregilds

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weregildsthe amount of money fixed as compensation for the murder or disablement of a person, computed on the basis of rank
weregildsWEREGILD, a price paid for taking a man's life, also WERGELD, WERGELT, WERGILD
weregilds(in Anglo-Saxon England and other Germanic countries)
weregildsmoney paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud