Krist-fé

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Krist-fé

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Krist-fé

n. ‘Christ-fee,’ old Icel. eccl. name of property given for the support of the poor,—‘Christfé apud nos communiter dicitur quod pauperibus legatum est,’ H. E. iii. 98; gaf Sira Þórarinn fátækum frændum sínum mikit góz, ok setti mörg Kristfé í mörgum jörðum um Svarfaðardal, ok svá annars-staðar, Bs. i. 790, H. E. i. 430, Vm. 163.

2 Krist-fé

COMPDS: Kristfjárjörð, Kristfjárúmagi.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏ-ᚠᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

eccl: ecclesiastical.
eccl.: ecclesiastical.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
prop: properly.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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