Sekja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sekja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 sekja

ð or t, also spelt sekkja, to fine, sentence to a fine.

2 sekja

2. to sentence to outlawry; sá er hann (acc.) sekði, Grág. i. 81; þeir menn er þeir hafa sekta, 94, Fbr. (in a verse).

3 sekja

II. reflex. to be liable to a penalty; sekisk sex aurum við biskup, K. Á. 22; goðinn seksk ef hann getr engi til at nefna féráns-dóm, Grág. i. 95; þá sekjask þeir þrem aurum við erendreka konungs, N. G. L. i. 7, 20, 101, 251; seksk hann eigi fyrir þat er hann kvángaðisk, 656 A. ii. 17; þá er sem hann hafi einn sekðan hann, Grág. (Kb.) i. 110; sá maðr er sekðan hefir hann, 111; þat er hann sekði hann breksekð, id.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.
accusative.
bisk
bishop.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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