weregildum
Latin
Alternative forms
- werigeldum, widrigildum, gueregildum, guidrigildum
- wergeldus, weregildus, werigeldus m
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *werageld.
Noun
weregildum n (genitive weregildī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) wergeld (price paid by a murderer)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | weregildum | weregilda |
| genitive | weregildī | weregildōrum |
| dative | weregildō | weregildīs |
| accusative | weregildum | weregilda |
| ablative | weregildō | weregildīs |
| vocative | weregildum | weregilda |
Descendants
- Italian: guidrigildo
References
- "weregeldum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “weregildum”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “werigeldus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1131