Weregild

Weregild refers to the amount of money someone is worth to their tribe or town. If killed in combat, their family would be entitled to reparations from the slayer according to the value of the weregild.
==Significance==
At the start of the Third Age, Isildur claimed the One Ring as a weregild for his father's and brother's death, despite all counsel from the wise to destroy it.The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
In TA 2885 the twin sons of King Folcwine of Rohan, Folcred and Fastred were killed fighting the Haradrim at the Battle of the Crossings of Poros. The Steward of Gondor, Túrin II sent a rich weregild of gold to Folcwine in recompense for his loss.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	الدّيّة
Catalan 	Wergeld
Czech 	Wergeld
Danish 	Mandebod
Dutch 	Weergeld
Faroese 	Mansbót
Finnish 	Veriraha
French 	Wergeld
Frisan 	Wearjild (Western)
Galician 	Wergeld
German 	Wergeld
Hebrew 	ורגילד
Hungarian 	Vérdíj
Irish Gaelic 	Éraic/Ericfine
Italian 	Guidrigildo
Macedonian Cyrillic	Подарок
Norwegian 	Mannebot
Old English 	Ƿerȝyld
Persian 	دیه
Polish 	Główszczyzna
Portuguese 	Veregildo
Russian 	Вергельд
Spanish 	Wergeld
Swedish 	Mansbot
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Вергельд
Welsh 	Galanas
==References==
Category:Definitions