Wera, or Were
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The price of a man; the price to be paid the relatives of a decedent for killing him.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The estimation or price of a man, especially of one slain. In the criminni law of the Anglo-Saxons, every man's life had its value, called a "were," or "capitis æstimatio."