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wígbed-bót

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wígbed-bót, e; f.
A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders
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  • Gif man preóst gewundige, gebéte man ða wyrdlan, and tó weófodbóte for his háde sylle .xii. ór.; æt diácone .vi. ór. tó weófodbóte,

      L. N. P. L. 23; Th. ii. 294, 4-6.
  • Gif man preóst ofsleá, forgilde man hine be fullan were, and biscope feówer and .xx. ór. tó weófodbóte; æt diácone .xii. ór. tó weófodbóte,

      24; Th. ii. 294, 7-9.
  • Gif hwá gehádodne man bende oððe beáte oþþe swýðe gebysmrige, béte wið hine swá hit riht sý, and bisceope weófodbóte be hádes mǽðe,

      L. C. S. 42; Th. i. 400, 23.
  • In the laws of Henry I it is called emendacio altaris,

      II, 8; Th. i. 521, 7: 66, 3; Th. i. 569, 13.
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  • wígbed-bót, n.