Auvisla-bót
Old Norse Dictionary - auvisla-bót
Meaning of Old Norse word "auvisla-bót"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- auvisla-bót
- and usla-bót (N. G. l. i. 246), f. a law term, compensation fixed by a jury of five, cp. above; distinction is made between a. hin meiri and hin minni, first rate or second rate compensation, Grág. ii. 344: in pl. 225.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚢᛁᛋᛚᛅ-ᛒᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)