Sjálf-dæmi

Znaczenie staronordyjskiego słowa "sjálf-dæmi"

Zgodnie z definicją słownika Cleasby & Vigfusson z języka staronordyjskiego na angielski:

Staronordyjskie słowo sjálf-dæmi może oznaczać:sjálf-dæmi

sjálf-dæmi

n. ‘self-doom,’ absolute power, Greg. 8.

sjálf-dæmi

II. as a law term, ‘self-judgment,’ when, instead of submitting a case to arbitration or to the judgment of a court, one party gave it over to his adversary to give judgment himself; this was by the old customs the greatest satisfaction that could be given, and it often was allowed to an injured man; it was also sometimes used as the last appeal to the justice and generosity of a powerful adversary; the Sagas afford many instances, thus, Sturl. i. ch. 26, 27, ii. ch. 35 sqq., viii. ch. 24, Glúm. ch. 7, Eg. ch. 84, 85, Ld. ch. 50, Nj. ch. 36, 51, Gunnl. S. ch. 10; taka S., selja S., Nj. 54, 77, Ísl. ii. 245.

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