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bloodwit

bloodwit 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 bloodwit

pluralbloodwits

Questions about bloodwit

What is bloodwit the alternative form of?
Bloodwit is the alternative form of bloodwite.

Words near bloodwit in the dictionary

  1. bloodwater
  2. bloodwealth
  3. Bloodweave
  4. bloodweed
  5. bloodweeds
  6. bloodwit
  7. bloodwite
  8. bloodwites
  9. bloodwits
  10. bloodwood
  11. bloodwoods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bloodwit (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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