The story
- Old English · learned borrowing frommǣġbōt“compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man”
- English todaymagbote
Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġbōt (“compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man”), from mǣġ (“kinsman”) + bōt (“remedy; remediation”). Compare manbote.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.