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.)
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