maegbota Save DMLBS Du Cange maegbota [AS mægbot] , fine to be paid to the kinsman of a man slain. ~am [vv. ll. meg-, mag-, mes-; AS: mægbote] et manbotam plene emendet (Quad.) GAS 282. MAEGBOTA, Compensatio pro cognato interfecto, ex Saxon. mæg, cognatus, progenies, et bote, compensatio.