weregildum
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Frankish *werageld.
Noun[edit]
weregildum n (genitive weregildī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) wergeld (price paid by a murderer)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | weregildum | weregilda |
| Genitive | weregildī | weregildōrum |
| Dative | weregildō | weregildīs |
| Accusative | weregildum | weregilda |
| Ablative | weregildō | weregildīs |
| Vocative | weregildum | weregilda |
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: guidrigildo
References[edit]
- 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