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drihtin-beáh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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drihtin-beáh, gen. -beáges; dat. -beáge ; m. [drihtin = drihten a lord , beáh a ring, bracelet ]
A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman. In the laws of Edward the Confessor it is called Manbóte
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  • Manbóte in lege Anglōrum, regi et archiepiscŏpo, iii marc de homĭnĭbus suis; episcŏpo comĭtātus, comĭti comĭtātus, et dapĭfĕro regis, xx soł; barōnĭbus cetĕris, x solið,

    • L. Ed. C. 12
    • ;
    • Th. i. 447,
    • 28-31.
  • Gif man frigne mannan ofsteahþ, cyninge l scillinga to drihtin-beáge

    if any one slay a freeman, [let him pay] fifty shillings to the king, as 'drihtin-beah,'

    • L. Ethb. 6
    • ;
    • . i. 4, 6,
    • 7.
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v.  dryhten-beáh.
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  • drihtin-beáh, n.