hadbot

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old English hādbōt.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to hād +‎ bōt.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hādbōt f

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of hadbot (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hādbōt hādbōta, hādbōte
accusative hādbōte hādbōta, hādbōte
genitive hādbōte hādbōta
dative hādbōte hādbōtum

References[edit]

  • 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
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