Manbote
Alternative forms
Origin
From Old English manbÅt ("fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal"), equivalent of man + bote.
Full definition of manbote
Noun
- (legal, historical, Anglo-Saxon) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.Three weeks later an equal sum, under the name of manbote, was paid to the lord, as a compensation for the loss of his vassal. — John Lingard, A History of England, 1688.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)See citation ... I couldn't find a digital copy of the Glossary for the actual quote ... only references to it>