Grafgangs-maðr

Signification du mot vieux norrois "grafgangs-maðr"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

Le mot vieux norrois grafgangs-maðr peut signifier :grafgangs-maðr

grafgangs-maðr

m. a Norse law term; if freed slaves married against their master’s will, and became paupers, the master might put them into an open grave till one died, when the survivor was taken out. The tale of Svaði digging a grave for the poor, Fms. ii. 222, refers no doubt to this cruel law, which is described in N. G. L. i. 33, but not recorded elsewhere.

grafgangs-maðr

II. generally a proletarian, N. G. L. i. 97.

Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᚴᚱᛅᚠᚴᛅᚾᚴᛋ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger