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Magbote

{

Maeg′boteˊ

,

Mag′boteˊ

}
,
Noun.
[AS.
mǣg
kinsman +
bōt
compensation.]
(Anglo-Saxon Law)
Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
Spelman.

Mag′boteˊ

,
Noun.
See
Maegbote
.

Definition 2024


magbote

magbote

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Noun

magbote (plural magbotes or magboten)

  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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