Sc. Obs.–1 [Of uncertain origin: possibly a survival of OE. węrʓield WERGELD, with altered sense.] A requital, recompense.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xlviii. (Juliana), 204. For-þi gyf hir hir warȝeld noo, or mykil mare scho sal hourt ȝou.
