manbote

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or tenant.
 * 2) * 1962, H.R. Loyns, quoted in NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011
 * "en"
 * 1) * 1962, H.R. Loyns, quoted in NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011
 * "en"

- If a man was slain a special manbot, or compensation for the loss of a man, had to be paid to the lord side by side with the mægbot to the kin.