Sak-auki
Old Norse Dictionary - sak-auki
Meaning of Old Norse word "sak-auki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sak-auki
- a, m. a relation of a slain person entitled to an additional portion of weregild, defined in N. G. l. i. 79, 185, and Grág. ii. 183; a son or brother born of a bondwoman, a brother on the mother’s side, a grandfather and grandson are so named, N. G. l. l. c., cp. also Grág. l. c., where the sakauki is opp. to the receiver of the höfuð-baugr. sakauka-bót, f. compensation due to a s., N. G. l. i. 187.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚴ-ᛅᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)