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I question the idea that "weregild" is a current English term found outside of history or literature departments, its reappearance in fantasy fiction not withst
by projektfu 8y ago
I question the idea that "weregild" is a current English term found outside of history or literature departments, its reappearance in fantasy fiction not withstanding.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoThere is no current English term for this practice because it is not within the experience of any significant number of English speakers. "Blood money" is sometimes used for the concept, as you can see in COCA ( https://corpus.byu.edu/coca/ https://corpus.byu.edu/coca/ ), but that is certainly not the normal sense of "blood money". "Blood money" is routinely used to refer to money that has been morally tainted.