English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old English hādbōt.

Noun

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hadbot (plural hadbots)

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

Old English

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Etymology

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Equivalent to hād +‎ bōt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑːdˌboːt/, [ˈhɑːdˌboːt]

Noun

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hādbōt f

  1. recompense, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders

Declension

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References

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  • 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