Bót-wyrþe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bót-wyrþe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bót-wyrÞe
Substitute: That admits of expiation by the payment of bót; and add: -- Gif man ábrece þæt þe bótwyrðe syg, béte hit iorne ifa man commit a crime for which the law allows bót, let him mate bót for it promptly, Wlfst. 274, 22. Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne for-wyrce man máre þonne his wer, Ll. Th. i. 266, 12. Æt Bótwurðan þingan béte man mid .

Related words: pundum, 340, 28. Cf. bót-leás. bot-wyrþe

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