Word: wergelds
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wer
gelds
Definition: Plural of wergeld. Blood money, the monetary value assigned to a person, set according to their class, used to determine the compensation paid by the perpetrator of a crime to the victim in the case of injury or to the victim's kindred in the case of homicide.
Morphemes:
Affix: wer
Language: en
Meaning: man
Affix: geld
Language: en
Meaning: payment
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.