dolgbot

Old English

Etymology

From dolg (“wound”) +‎ bōt (“compensation”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdolɡˌboːt/, [ˈdoɫɣˌboːt]

Noun

dolgbōt n

1. (law) compensation or a fine paid for wounding another

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dolh-bót”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.