Middle English Dictionary Entry
wer n.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | wer n.(2) Also were. |
Etymology | OE wer, were wergild; cp. AL wera pecuniary valuation of status. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= wer-geld n.
Associated quotations
- 1103-20(OE) Inst.Cnuti in Liebermann Gesetze 165 : Occisor soluat wer et wite et quisquis sociorum eius lx solidos.
- (a1135) in Rymer's Foedera (1816-69)1.11 : Homo London non judicetur in misericordia pecuniae nisi a suam Were, scilicet ad c solidos.
- 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1111 : Car les audres leis en plai de corone, com a xviii hommes, sil encheent, ne sount fors en merci davoir et a lour Were, ceo est a savoir, de cent soulz.