Baug-rygr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Baug-rygr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 baug-rygr

jar, f. pl. ir, a law term, an only daughter entitled to receive and pay weregild, in default of heirs male. The Norse law defines thus, ef hon er einberni, ok til arfs komin, þar til er hón sezt á brúðstól, … up to her wedding day, N. G. L. i. 184, 92: the Icel. law does not limit the right to her marrying; sú er kona ein er bæði skal baugi bæta ok baug taka, ef hon er einberni, en sú kona heitir b., en hon er dóttir hins dauða, Grág. ii. 183.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛅᚢᚴ-ᚱᚢᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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