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maegbote

maegbote is the alternative form of magbote.

Meaning of magbote

Noun

magbote (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Compensation paid by someone who killed their relative.
    • As to the Cynegild or Mægbote, it appears also from Tacitus, that the whole Family received satisfaction for a Kinsman slain.1685, William Howell, An Institution of General History, Or The History of the World, page 308

Questions about maegbote

What is maegbote the alternative form of?
Maegbote is the alternative form of magbote.

Words near maegbote in the dictionary

  1. Maedi
  2. Maegan
  3. maegashira
  4. maegashiras
  5. maegbot
  6. maegbote
  7. maegth
  8. maegthe
  9. maegths
  10. Maek
  11. maekjeok

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maegbote (page history and authors); magbote (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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