Sjalfdœmi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sjalfdœmi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sjalfdœmi" in Norwegian.

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

sjalfdœmi
sjalfdœmi, n. Selvdom, hvorved den for- urettede eller Sagsøgeren ved sin egenDom afgjør, hvilken Straf Sagvolderenskal have, eller hvilken Fyldestgjørelsedenne skal yde; Gunnarr mælti: sjalfrskalt þú dœma; H. tók sjalfdœmi af G.ok mælti: Nj. 36 (542.7) jvf Nj. 49 (778);þeir selja honum sjalfdœmi Flat. I,14632; Kalfr seldi sjalfdœmi fyrir vígHalls Sturl. I, 22714; alla þá menn -kúguðu þeir til sjalfdœma við sik Sturl.I, 22214; nú skulom vér allir ganga atfinna S. ok bjóða sjalfdœmi Nj. 51 (8010);má annan veg vera fyr þess augum, ereinn stýrir með síno sjalfdœmi öllumhlutom, hvárt sem sjalfræði hafa eðaeigi Leif. 1026.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛁᛆᛚᚠᚦᚯᛘᛁ
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.
G.
Genitiv.
lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
S.
Side.

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