Þriðjungar-fé

Old Norse Dictionary - þriðjungar-fé

Meaning of Old Norse word "þriðjungar-fé"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þriðjungar-fé
n. = þriðjungsauki; skyldi öll þessi kúgildi þriðjungar-fé vera, Dipl. i. 7; tíu kúgildi, þ., iii. 6; þá er Gísl skyldugr kirkju sex hundruð í þ., 7; gefandi Hamar ok Bakka ok tuttugu hundraða í þriðjungar-fé, iv. 8; tuttugu kúgildi þ., v. 5 (in all these instances of church donations, which were to increase by a third?).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚦᛁᚢᚾᚴᛅᚱ-ᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
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