LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Giving inanimate objects human qualities
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A metaphorical compound
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A reparational payment demanded of a person guilty of homicide
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The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile
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Detailed explanation-1: -wergild, also spelled Wergeld, or Weregild, (Old English: “man payment”), in ancient Germanic law, the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family.
Detailed explanation-2: -A weregild was a defined value placed on every man graded according to rank, used as a basis of a fine or compensation for murder, disablement, injury (or certain other serious crimes) against that person. It was assessed from the guilty party, payable as restitution to the victim’s family.
Detailed explanation-3: -Literally translated, Wergild is an Anglo-Saxon word that means “man-price.” Wergild can broadly be defined as the compensation owed for the injury of another. The earliest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms each had unique laws for a number of offenses that were categorized as wergild.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wergild-A fine paid to a family for causing death or injury.