Mann-sekt
Old Norse Dictionary - mann-sekt
Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-sekt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mann-sekt
- f., esp. in pl. a penalty paid in one’s person, opp. to fésekt: in the old law it signified outlawry, banishment of any of the three degrees, Bs. i. 675; hvárki fé né mannsektir, Ísl. ii. 385, cp. Nj. 189.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚾᚾ-ᛋᛁᚴᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)