Answer: wergild

AnswerCrossword Clue
wergilda price paid for taking a man's life, also WEREGILD, WERGELD, WERGELT
wergildmoney paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud
wergildthe value set in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law upon human life in accordance with rank and paid as compensation to the kindred or lord of a slain person
wergildthe amount of money fixed as compensation for the murder or disablement of a person, computed on the basis of rank
wergild(in Anglo-Saxon England and other Germanic countries)