mægbot
Old English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæːjˌboːt/
Noun
mǣġbōt f
- recompense paid to the family of a slain person
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | mǣġbōt | mǣġbōta, mǣġbōte |
accusative | mǣġbōte | mǣġbōta, mǣġbōte |
genitive | mǣġbōte | mǣġbōta |
dative | mǣġbōte | mǣġbōtum |
Descendants
- → English: magbote (learned)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mǽg-bót”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.