bote

English

/bəʊt/, /boʊt/

noun
Definitions
  • The atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
  • A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  • A right to take wood from property not one's own.

Etymology

Derived from Old English bōt (remedy, relief, atonement, help, repentance, recompense, advantage, compensation for an injury wrong, penance, offering, amends, reformation, remediation) derived from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (recompense, improvement, atonement).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bōtō

Gloss

recompense, improvement, atonement

Kanji

償

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