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- noun (Anglo-Saxon Law) Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
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- noun
Compensation for theinjury done byslaying akinsman .
Etymologies
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From Old English mǣgbōt ("compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man"), equivalent to mæg + bote; Compare manbote.
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