Snápsgjöld
Old Norwegian Dictionary - snápsgjöldMeaning 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.