Saka-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - saka-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "saka-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- saka-maðr
- m. a man qualified as an attorney; vænn maðr, görr at sér ok s. mikill, a great litigant, Ld. 124: a man under charge, Lat. reus, Bs. i. 727: a guilty man, criminal, (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚴᛅ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)