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weregild Oct 26th 2011, 22:23 English: + quotation from Tokien's "Of the Rings of Power" ← Older revision Revision as of 22:23, 26 October 2011 Line 14: Line 14: # {{context|Anglo-Saxon}} In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death or other serious crimes. # {{context|Anglo-Saxon}} In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death or other serious crimes.   + #*'''1977''', [[w:J.R.R. Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[w:Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age|Of the Rings of Power]]", HarperCollins, pages 353-354 :   + #*:Isildur would not surrender [The Ruling Ring] to Elrond and Círdan who stood by. [...] 'This I will have as '''weregild''' for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I that dealt the Enemy his death-blow?'

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