Skógarmannsgjöld

skógarmannsgjöld (skógarmannsgjǫld)

skógarmannsgjöld, n. pl. Betaling, Godt- gjørelse til en for at have dræbt en skógar-maðr (jvf bjarngjöld); vega mega fleirimenn ok skógarmanni til sykno enhann sjalfr, ok skal þá hverr þeirralýsa fyrir 5 búom þeim, er næstir erohræum, at þeir vilja þeim manni tilsykno hafa vegit ok nefna hann okhafa þat fyrir skógarmannsgjöld Grág.4009 jvf 39915.

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, skógarmannsgjöld may be more accurately written as skógarmannsgjǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚴᚮᚵᛆᚱᛘᛆᚿᚿᛋᚵᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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.