Usually means: Compensation for shedding a person's blood.
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  1. bloodwite: Merriam-Webster
  2. bloodwite: Wordnik
  3. bloodwite: Wiktionary
  4. Bloodwite, bloodwite: Dictionary.com
  5. Bloodwite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Bloodwite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. bloodwite: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Bloodwite: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bloodwite)

noun:  A penalty for committing bloodshed, specifically under Anglo-Saxon law a penalty to be paid to the king or aldorman as distinct from the wergeld.

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