English

Alternative forms

• maegbot
• magbote

Noun

maegbote ‎(plural maegbotes or maegboten)

1. Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.

   Magbote or Mægbote, a Recompence anciently made in Money for the killing of one's Kinsman. — Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6), 1706

References

• Oxford English Dictionary (maegbot)