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Dóm-hús

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1 dóm-hús

n. the ‘house of doom,’ court-bouse, Sks. 784; the idea is foreign, though the word is native: the old courts and meetings were always held in the open air.
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dóm-hús

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "dóm-hús" 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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Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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