dolgbot
Old English
Etymology
From dolg (“wound”) + bōt (“compensation”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdolɡˌboːt/, [ˈdoɫɣˌboːt]
Noun
dolgbōt n
- (law) compensation or a fine paid for wounding another
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dolh-bót”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.