Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maegbote \M[ae]g"bote`\, Magbote \Mag"bote`\, n. [AS. m[=ae]g
   kinsman + b[=o]t compensation.] (Anglo-Saxon Law)
   Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
   --Spelman.