Sekðar-fé
Old Norse Dictionary - sekðar-fé
Meaning of Old Norse word "sekðar-fé"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sekðar-fé
- n. the property of an outlaw, which was confiscated, one half to the community (fjórðungs-menn), the other half to the prosecutor, Nj. 110, Grág. i. 120, Sturl. i. 34, Njarð. 382, Eb. 36, 110 new Ed.; af hans s. urðu almenningar, Landn. 121: a price put on the head of the culprit, Grett.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᚦᛅᚱ-ᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Njarð.
- Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)