magbote

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Compensation paid by someone who killed their relative. historical,uncountable
    — As to the Cynegild or Mægbote, it appears also from Tacitus, that the whole Family received satisfaction for a Kinsman slain.

词形变化

maegbot alternative maegbote alternative

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġbōt (“compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man”), from mǣġ (“kinsman”) + bōt (“remedy; remediation”). Compare manbote.
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