Sóknar-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - sóknar-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sóknar-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sóknar-maðr
- m. a kind of overseer (?) in the old hreppr; ef hann vill eigi, þá er s. sakar-aðili, ef hann vill eigi, eðr er eigi s. tekinn í hrepp, þá á hverr er vill sökina, Grág. i. 297; rétt er at þeir sé eigi land-eigendr er sóknarmenn eru í hrepp, 444, cp. Js. 31, Jb. 13, 54: mod. a parishioner,
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚴᚾᛅᚱ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)