Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bloodwite

Bloodwite ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon blōwīte; blōd blood, + wīte wite, fine.]

(Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as part of a settlement for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

Also: Bloodwit