mannbot

Old English

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Etymology

Equivalent to mann +‎ bōt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnnˌboːt/, [ˈmɑnˌboːt]

Noun

mannbōt f

1. a fine paid to the lord of a slain person

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mannbōt	mannbōta, mannbōte
accusative	mannbōte	mannbōta, mannbōte
genitive	mannbōte	mannbōta
dative	mannbōte	mannbōtum

Descendants

• → English: manbote (learned)

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “mann-bót”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.