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manbote

noun

Etymology

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

  1. learned borrowing from mannbōt — “fine paid to the lord of a slain man or vassal”

Definitions

  1. A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his vassal, servant, or…

    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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for manbote. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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