Goða-kviðr
Old Norse Dictionary - goða-kviðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "goða-kviðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- goða-kviðr
- m. a law term, the verdict of a jury composed of twelve goðar, commonly called tylftar-kviðr, a ‘twelver-verdict,’ fixed for some special cases, defined in Grág.; the goða-kviðr was opposed to the búa-kviðr, vide búi, Grág. i. 168, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦᛅ-ᚴᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)