Ein-virki

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Ein-virki

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ein-virki

also ein-yrki, a, m. [verk]. a single worker, one who works single-handed, a poor husbandman that has no servants; the einyrki is reckoned partly as bóndi, and not cottager; he could serve as a neighbour (búi) in case of his property amounting to two cows’ value per head of his household (wife and children), Grág. i. 145, defined in ii. 42, 43: the Norse sense of the word, Gþl. 438, cp. Jb. 184: in N. G. L. i. 199 distinction is made between bændr, einhleypingar, and einyrkjar.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛁᚾ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
gl
glossary.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
part
participle.
prop
properly.
sing
singular.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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