Húskarlsgjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - húskarlsgjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "húskarlsgjöld" (or húskarlsgjǫld) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

húskarlsgjöld (húskarlsgjǫld): húskarlsgjöld, n. pl. Tillæg til det sæd-vanlige þegngildi, som Drabsmandenhavde at betale Kongen, hvis den dræbtevar Kongens húskarl; ef þeir verðadrepnir í einvígum, þá tekr konungr40 marka í þegngildi fyrir þá semfyrir aðra þegna sína ok mörk gullsumfram í húskarlsgjöld, ef einnhverrverðr drepinn af hans húskörlum Kgs.5835.

Part of speech: n pl

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, húskarlsgjöld may be more accurately written as húskarlsgjǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚢᛋᚴᛆᚱᛚᛋᚵᛁᚯᛚᚦ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.