Word: wergilds
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wer
gilds
Definition: Plural of wergild;  was established on a person's life, paid as a fine or compensatory damages to the family when that person's life is taken or is otherwise injured
Morphemes:
Affix: wergild
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Alternative form 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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.