Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
compurgation and wergelds
Polish translation:
przyżeczenie niewinności i rekompensata
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k4cik
Nov 30, 2009 16:55
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English term
compurgation and wergelds
English to Polish
Art/Literary
History
medieval europe
It rested on notions of kinship, compurgation and wergelds and represented a whole complex of loyalities and values that were totally foreign to the Romans.
wergelds ( middle english)
document about Germanic peoples and Romans
wergelds ( middle english)
document about Germanic peoples and Romans
Proposed translations
(Polish)
| 3 | przyżeczenie niewinności i rekompensata |
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References
| Wergeld |
Katarzyna Klamra
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Proposed translations
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przyżeczenie niewinności i rekompensata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compurgation
A defendant could establish his innocence or nonliability by taking an oath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wergeld
in early Germanic law was a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death.
A defendant could establish his innocence or nonliability by taking an oath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wergeld
in early Germanic law was a reparational payment usually demanded of a person guilty of homicide or other wrongful death.
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Reference comments
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Katarzyna Klamra
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Reference:
Wergeld
W polskim funkcjonuje słowo "wergeld"
http://odra.okis.pl/article.php/336
http://czytelnia.onet.pl/0,1173465,4,do_czytania.html
http://tinyurl.com/yklnh64
Co do "compurgation" niestety nie pomogę - ew. można spróbować wersji opisowej: oczyszczenie z zarzutów dzięki zeznaniom świadków.
http://odra.okis.pl/article.php/336
http://czytelnia.onet.pl/0,1173465,4,do_czytania.html
http://tinyurl.com/yklnh64
Co do "compurgation" niestety nie pomogę - ew. można spróbować wersji opisowej: oczyszczenie z zarzutów dzięki zeznaniom świadków.
Discussion
odpowiednikiem "wergeld" natomiast może być "główszczyzna" - http://tinyurl.com/ydmqr7s
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