Klengi-sök

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Klengi-sök

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 klengi-sök (klengi-sǫk)

f. a law term, picking up a quarrel; þykkir honum þetta klengisök vera, Ölk. 35; eigi vilju vér at þegnar várir sé taksettir eða stefndir fyrir fépretta sakir eðr nokkura klengisaka, for the sake of cheating or chicane, N. G. L. ii. 482.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚴᛚᛁᚾᚴᛁ-ᛋᚢᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.

Works & Authors

N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Ölk.
Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
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