English
hadbot
Hadbot comes from Old English hādbōt ‘recompense, compensation, or atonement for…’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hādbōt‘recompense, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders’
- Englishtodayhadbot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hādbōt‘recompense, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders’
- Englishtodayhadbot
Every English word from Old English hādbōt
Today it means
noun Recompense demanded under old English law for violence or insult to a person in holy orders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hādbōt / hadbot