单词 | cynebot |
释义 | cynebotn. Anglo-Saxon Law. Now historical. A fine to be paid as compensation to the people for the killing of a king. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > King's compensation cynebotOE OE Laws: Norðleoda Laga (Corpus Cambr.) i. 458 Norðleoda cynges gild is xxx þusend þrymsa: fiftene þusend þrymsa bið þæs wergildes, xv þusend þæs cynedomes; se wer gebirað magum & seo cynebot þam leodum. OE Laws: Mircna Laga (Corpus Cambr. 201) iv. 462 Se wer gebirað magum & seo cynebot þam leodum. 1713 W. Elstob Ess. Great Affinity of Divinity & Law 38 The Cynebot was paid to the People of the Land. 1830 J. Allen Inq. Rise & Growth Royal Prerogative Eng. 41 The simple weregild of the King went to his family; the cynebot or composition to the state went to his people. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. §59 A fine of equal amount [to the king's wergild], the cynebot, was at the same time due to his people. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. vii. 294 In addition a cynebot, equal to the simple wergeld, was also to be paid on the death of a Mercian king. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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