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mægþ-bót

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mægþ-bót, e; f.
The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman
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  • Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes

    let the fine to be paid by an unmarried woman be the same as that by a free man (for the same offence),

    • L. Ethb. 74 j Th. i. 20, 9.
    This regulation follows one that settles the fine to be paid by 'frí wíf locbore.'
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  • mægþ-bót, n.