Jafnindr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Jafnindr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 jafnindr

(jamyndir menn), prop. a part. pl., a law term, ‘day’s men,’ umpires; in Norse law, these day’s men served as a kind of neighbours or jurors in matter of compensation; bæta … sem jamyndir menn (as adj.) meta, N. G. L. i. 75; en ef hins verðr lóð, er lög festi fyrir, þá skolu jamnyndir menn meta, hve mikit hann neytti til laga stefnu, 248; bæta munda-baugi, sem jafnendr unno, þeir er okkr vilja sætta, Hbl. 42, analogous to the Icel. law phrases, sem búar meta, of the Grágás.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᛅᚠᚾᛁᚾᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
pl.
plural.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.

Works & Authors

Hbl.
Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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