Fimtar-dómr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Fimtar-dómr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Fimtar-dómr

m. the Fifth High Court in the Icel. Commonwealth, vide dómr, Grág. Þ. Þ., etc.; the form of the word is irregular, as it means the Fifth Court (added to the four Quarter Courts) = dómr hinn fimmti, as it is also called in Grág. Þ. Þ. ch. 24 sqq.; the old Scandin. law term fimt seems to have floated before the mind of the founders, as fimtar-dómr etymologically answers to Swed. femt, i. e. a court before which one has to appear a ‘fimt’ from the citation.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᛘᛏᛅᚱ-ᛏᚢᛘᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
ch.
chapter.
etc.
et cetera.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)

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