Snápsgjöld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - snápsgjöld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "snápsgjöld" (or snápsgjǫld) in Norwegian.

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

snápsgjöld (snápsgjǫld)
snápsgjöld, n. pL. Bøde (réttr) som en har at betale, naar han har rost sig af Sam-leie med en Kvinde, men Sagen paataltgodtgjør, at han ikke har gjort sig skyldigderi; ef maðr vænist því, at hann hafilegit með konu, ok þó at hón fœristundan með lögum, gjaldi slíkan réttfyrir þá konu, sem hann væri sannr atþví máli -, ok heiti æ síðan snápr,ok því heitir þenna rétt snápsgjöldLandsL. 4, 29 (72 &vL. 15 fg) jvf Jb.114 (NL. IV, 22421).

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, snápsgjöld may be more accurately written as snápsgjǫld.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚿᛆᛕᛋᚵᛁᚯᛚᚦ
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:

L.
Linje.
n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.

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