Magbote

Alternative forms

• maegbot
• maegbote

Origin

From Old English mǣgbōt ("compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man"), en + mæg + bot; Compare manbote.

Full definition of magbote

Noun

1. Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.Magbote or Mægbote, a Recompence anciently made in Money for the killing of one's Kinsman. — Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6), 1706

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