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hadbot

hadbot noun: recompense demanded under old English law for violence or insult to a person in holy orders.

Noun

hadbot (uncountable)

  1. (historical, Anglo-Saxon) Recompense demanded under old English law for violence or insult to a person in holy orders.

Forms of hadbot

alternative formhadbote

Origin of hadbot

Learned borrowing from Old English hādbōt.

Questions about hadbot

What does hadbot mean?
Hadbot means recompense demanded under old English law for violence or insult to a person in holy orders.
What part of speech is hadbot?
Hadbot is a noun.

Words near hadbot in the dictionary

  1. Hadas
  2. Hadassah
  3. hadaway
  4. hadaway and shite
  5. Hadaways
  6. hadbot
  7. hadbote
  8. Hadcock
  9. hadd
  10. hadda
  11. Haddam

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