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mægþ-bót
/mæjθbo:t /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Feminine
mægþ-bót
, e; f. The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman :-- Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes lei 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
. The mann of l. 2 seems to be the same as the wif of l. 5, mann = wíf-mann.
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