Wergild, part of the warrior code and translated roughly as "man price", is the amount of money a person or family could accept in place of vengeance if a relative was killed. It was an agent of peacekeeping, a very important concept in a world ruled by honor, a world were the code meant that you needed some sort of retribution.
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Wyrd roughly means fate, as at some given time all men are doomed to die. But, fate is continually connected to past actions. The past influences the future, and the future influences the past. For more info. click here.
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