Sak-tal
Old Norse Dictionary - sak-tal
Meaning of Old Norse word "sak-tal"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sak-tal
- (sök-tal, n. G. L. i. 184, Fb. i. 562), n. the law as to the penalties (sakeyrir) due to the king; hann setti lög … görði s. ok skipadi bótum, Hkr. i. 72.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚴ-ᛏᛅᛚ
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:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)