Yfir-sókn

Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-sókn

Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-sókn"

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

Old Norse word yfir-sókn can mean:yfir-sókn

yfir-sókn
f. = yfirför, mostly as a law term, almost the same as veizla; Sveinn konungr gaf honum jarldóm ok Halland til yfirsóknar, Fms. vi. 295, Orkn. 66; lén ok yfirsókn, Fms. i. 87; ármenning, syslu, yfirsókn, Ó. H. 174, Fms. x. 196, passim.
yfir-sókn
2. a visitation, survey, K. Þ. K. 61, v. l.; yfirsóknar-maðr, a surveyor, eccl., H. E. i. 255, and in a secular sense, n. G. l. i. 18.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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