Eptir-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Eptir-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 eptir-mál

n. an ‘after-suit,’ i. e. prosecution undertaken after a person is slain, properly by the next heir (aðili, q. v.), Nj. 120, 128, 166, Fms. i. 224.

2 eptir-mál

COMPDS: eptirmálsmaðr, eptirmálastaðr.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛒᛏᛁᚱ-ᛘᛅᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

i. e.
id est.
n.
neuter.
prop
properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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