maegbot
English
Alternative forms
- maegbote
- magbote
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English mǣġbōt (“compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man”), from mǣġ (“kinsman”) + bōt (“remedy; remediation”); Compare manbote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɪɡˌboʊt/, /ˈmeɪˌboʊt/
Noun
maegbot (plural maegbots or maegboten)
- (historical) A bot or fine paid to the near kinsmen of a slain man as compensation.
- If a man was slain a special manbot, or compensation for the loss of a man, had to be paid to the lord side by side with the mægbot to the kin. — NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011 - (quoting H.R. Loyns, 1962)
References
- OED, maegbot
- 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", maegbot.
- Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), maegbot.
- MED, bote
Anagrams
- magbote