hadbot

English

Alternative forms

• hadbote

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English hādbōt.

Noun

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

Etymology

Equivalent to hād +‎ bōt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hādbōt f

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

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hādbōt	hādbōta, hādbōte
accusative	hādbōte	hādbōta, hādbōte
genitive	hādbōte	hādbōta
dative	hādbōte	hādbōtum

References

• 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