manbote

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Definition of manbote

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noun

(historical)A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.

“Manbote of freedom”
“Three weeks later an equal sum, under the name of manbote, was paid to the lord, as a compensation for the loss of his vassal.”
“1962, H.R. Loyns, quoted in NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011”

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Learned borrowing from Old English mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”). More at man, bote.

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