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The very first sentence is: > Blood money, also called bloodwit, is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his/her fami
by lotophage 8y ago
The very first sentence is:
> Blood money, also called bloodwit, is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his/her family group to the family or kin group of the victim.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoGiven that the page primarily defines "blood money" as "the reward for bringing a criminal to justice" as well as being weregild, it doesn't seem like strong evidence that weregild is the primary sense of the word. (Strong evidence for that would be hard to find, as it isn't true.)