Heim-nár

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Heim-nár

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 heim-nár

m. a law term, ‘home-corpse,’ thus defined, sá maðr heitir h. er dreginn er til stokks eða til stumns (= stofns) ok höggnar af bæði hendr ok fætr, en um þat verk verða þrír menn útlagir nema hann vili færum kenna, N. G. L. ii. 506; cp. gálgnár etc.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᛁᛘ-ᚾᛅᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
etc.
et cetera.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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