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Wergild and Beowulf
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Wergild and Beowulf
What is a Wergild?
money paid to the relatives of a murder victim in compensation for loss and to prevent a blood feud.
Historical
Development
Germanic Law
Textual Evidence
"how he would never parley or make peace with any Dane nor stop his death dealing nor pay the death-price"
Beowulf, 154-156
"There was a feud one time, begun by your father. With his own hands had killed Heatholaf...
Beowulf, 459-460
Finally I healed the feud by paying: I shipped a treasure-trove to the Wulfings..."
Beowulf, 470-471
Conclusion
Concluding Statement
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