Land-kaup
Old Norse Dictionary - land-kaup
Meaning of Old Norse word "land-kaup"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word land-kaup can mean:land-kaup
- land-kaup
- n. the purchase of land, Grág. ii. 213, Sturl. ii. 12, Ld. 210.
- land-kaup
- 2. in Norse, a fine to be paid to the king, by one exiled or banished, n. G. l. i. 154, 156.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᚴᛅᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)