godbot

Old English

Etymology

Compound of god (“god”) +‎ bōt (“help, assistance”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡodˌboːt/

Noun

godbōt f

1. atonement paid to a church

References

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