Baug-þak
Old Norse Dictionary - baug-þak
Meaning of Old Norse word "baug-þak"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- baug-þak
- n. [þekja baug], a law term, ‘baug-covering,’ i. e. the supplemental payment to be added in due proportion to the amount of weregild (baugr), defined, Grág. ii. 171, 172; hence ‘at baugþaki’ metaph. means in addition, to boot; þá kom at honum síðan at b. brotfallit, he was taken with fits of epilepsy to boot, Bs. i. 336.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚢᚴ-ᚦᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)