hadbot
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old English hādbōt.
Noun edit
hadbot (plural hadbots)
- (Anglo-Saxon, historical, law) Recompense demanded under old English law for violence or insult to a person in holy orders.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hādbōt f
- recompense, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders
Declension edit
Declension of hadbot (strong ō-stem)
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth, edited by T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1882
- T. Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Supplement, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1921