Nið-gjöld
Old Norse Dictionary - nið-gjöld
Meaning of Old Norse word "nið-gjöld" (or nið-gjǫld)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nið-gjöld (nið-gjǫld)
- n. pl. weregild after the slaughter of a relative or the weregild payable to the more distant relatives of the slain, opp. to the höfuðbaugr; or even simply = weregild, gjalda hinn vegna niðgjöldum, Grág. ii. 63, 79; skal þessa menn alla gjalda niðgjöldum, 131; þá menn alla skal jamt aptr gjalda niðgjöldum, sem þeir sé vegnir, þótt þeir lifi, svá er mælt, at þat sumar skal niðgjalda heimting upp hetja, er …, Grág. ii. 185; gjaldi sendimenn konungs niðgjöldum, Eg. 575, v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, nið-gjöld may be more accurately written as nið-gjǫld.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦ-ᚴᛁᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)