Kríari

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kríari

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kríari" in Norwegian.

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

kríari
kríari, m. den offentlige Anklager ellerden Mand, som i den almindelige Inter-esse paa Øvrighedens Vegne har atpaase eller fremme Retfærdighedens ellerLovens Haandhævelse, = kallari (jvfrennari, réttari; = gfr. crieur, mht. krie-rer Mhd. Wb. I, 879 b27 jvf 886 b22);býðr Pilatus jarl fyrir kall kríarans,at fenginn væri krossinn honum sjalf-um at bera sér til háðs ok svívirðo framí krossfestingarstaðinn Mar. XVII1;jvf Æf. 71, hvor kríari L. 45 er =kallari L. 40.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚱᛁᛆᚱᛁ
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:

f.
Feminin.
fr.
fransk.
L.
Linje.
m.
Masculin.

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