werelyet

Same as warely. weremod, n. Same as wormwood. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] werent. An obsolete form of were3. werena (wer'nä). A Scotch form of were no that is, were not. werewolf, werewolfish, etc. See werwolf, etc. wergild, weregild (wer'-, wer'gild), n. [Also were geld; prop. wergild, repr. AS. wergild, wer geld, weryld, also erroneously wæregild, weregild (= OHG. MHG. wergelt, G. wergeld, wehrgeld ), ing to the nature of the injury. It was in general paid to the relatives of him who been slain, or, in the of a wound or other bodily harm, to the person who sustain ed the injury; but, if the cause was brought before the community the plaintiff received only part of the fine, the community, or the king when there was one, receiving the remainder.