Leg-kaup
Old Norse Dictionary - leg-kaup
Meaning of Old Norse word "leg-kaup"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leg-kaup
- n. a burial-fee, payable to a church, Grág. ii. 388, n. G. L. i. 346, Bs. i. 812.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚴ-ᚴᛅᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)