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blood-wite

/ˈblʌdwaɪt/

blood-wite is the alternative form of bloodwite.

Meaning of bloodwite

Noun

bloodwite (plural bloodwites)

  1. (historical) A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.

Forms of blood-wite

pluralblood-wites

Questions about blood-wite

What is blood-wite the alternative form of?
Blood-wite is the alternative form of bloodwite.
How do you pronounce blood-wite?
Blood-wite is pronounced /ˈblʌdwaɪt/.

Words near blood-wite in the dictionary

  1. blood-tests
  2. blood-thirsty
  3. blood-vessel
  4. blood-vessels
  5. blood-wit
  6. blood-wite
  7. blood-wites
  8. blood-wits
  9. bloodbank
  10. bloodbanks
  11. bloodbath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blood-wite (page history and authors); bloodwite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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