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housebote

noun

Etymology

From house + bote.

  1. derived from *bōtō✻ — “recompense”
  2. derived from *bōtu✻
  3. derived from bōt — “help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”
  4. learned borrowing from bōte — “advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”
  5. compounded as housebote — “house + bote”

Definitions

  1. Wood granted to a tenant for the repair of buildings or for fuel.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA