Skuldar-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - skuldar-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "skuldar-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word skuldar-maðr can mean:skuldar-maðr
- skuldar-maðr
- m.
- skuldar-maðr
- 1. a person in bondage for debt, Lat. obaeratus; á þingi skal skuldarmann taka … nú ef maðr selr skuldarmann mansali, … nú skal hann neyta skuldarmann sinn sem þræl sinn, etc., N. G. L. i. 36 (ch. 71); um innihafnir skuldarmanna, Grág. i. 73; Þorsteinn skuldarmaðr, Lv. 86.
- skuldar-maðr
- 2. a creditor, Stj. 613, N. G. L. i. 63, GþL. 254.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛏᛅᚱ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- ch.
- chapter.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- v.
- vide.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)