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Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hý-víg

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1 hý-víg

n. [hjú], a law term, homicide, where the person slain is another person’s bondsman, Grág. ii. 152.
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Runic Inscription

hý-víg

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hý-víg" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.
neuter.

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Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)

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