Goða-lýrittr
Old Norse Dictionary - goða-lýrittr
Meaning of Old Norse word "goða-lýrittr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- goða-lýrittr
- m. a law term, a protest or interdict, Grág. i. 112, ii. 97, passim; but it is uncertain whether it is derived from goði, i. e. the protest of a goði, or from goð, i. e. the great ban, a protest in the holy name of the gods.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦᛅ-ᛚᚢᚱᛁᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)