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(historical) A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.

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Related dictionary entries include bloodguilt, bloodguiltiness, bloodshed, bloodletting, blood, punishment.

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