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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†KINBUTTE, n. Compensation paid for manslaughter by the slayer to the kindred of the slain; wergeld, Assythment.Sc. 1715 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. 373:
The Rannoch affair did not end in an agreement of the parties . . . and it was generally reported that this was something more than a kinbutte.

[Kin, + Buit, n.2 For the formation cf. O.E. cynebōt, compensation for the slaying of a king, from cyning, king. O.Sc. has kynbwt, from c.1420.]

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